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A Mobile Health Intervention to Improve Psychosocial Functioning in Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression Symptoms

NCT06689787 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2025-10-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression are the two most common mental health conditions among Veterans. When Veterans experience both, there is a negative impact on their functioning, making it difficult to function at work or at home and socially with other people. Although talk therapies can result in improvements in functioning, they are difficult to access because there are limited clinicians who can provide them. As most US adults now own a smartphone, mobile apps are a way for Veterans to access content traditionally delivered through talk therapies at their own pace. This study will test a mobile app based on a trauma-informed talk therapy that has helped Veterans with PTSD and depression make large improvements in functioning, through learning skills to navigate emotions and relationships. Additionally, through answering brief surveys and enabling passive tracking on their smartphones, Veterans will see real-time information on their functioning and mental health and on potential benefits from using these skills.

Conditions

  • Psychosocial Functioning
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
  • Depressive Disorder, Major

Interventions

OTHER

Self-Guided STAIR Coach with Real-Time Assessment

Two mobile apps to be used as one intervention package to support participants in their progress through STAIR (Skills Training in Affective and Interpersonal Regulation) with self-monitoring of symptoms and functioning

OTHER

Real-Time Assessment

One mobile app to support participants in self-monitoring of symptoms and functioning

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Haijing Wu Hallenbeck, PhD MA · VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2027-04-01
Primary Completion
2029-04-01
Completion
2029-04-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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