Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Focused Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Description

This is a randomized controlled trial of Trauma-Focused Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (TFPP) in comparison with TAU (at the VA) in a 2:1 ratio in 75 Veterans with PTSD who have not responded to standard treatment at the VA.

Conditions

PTSD

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Study overview

This is a randomized controlled trial of Trauma-Focused Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (TFPP) in comparison with TAU (at the VA) in a 2:1 ratio in 75 Veterans with PTSD who have not responded to standard treatment at the VA.

A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Trauma-Focused Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (TFPP) at the VA in Veterans With PTSD

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Focused Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Condition
PTSD
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

New York

VA New York Harbor Healthcare System - Manhattan Campus, New York, New York, United States, 10010

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Reporting moderate PTSD, as defined by a CAPS score of \>40
  • * Have at least one of the following history with CPT and/or PE:
  • * offered and declined
  • * dropped out of treatment
  • * been determined unsuitable by their treatment team
  • * received treatment but continue to experience symptoms meeting entrance criteria.
  • * Require stabilization on psychiatric medication for 2 month period prior to entry into study to avoid confounding treatments
  • * Presence of SCID-5 assessed psychotic disorder, bipolar disorder, or substance use that would interfere with trial demands
  • * Severe suicidality that would require immediate crisis management
  • * Organic mental syndromes, delirium, or unstable medical conditions that would interfere with trial demands
  • * Inability to meet trial demands.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 70 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Montefiore Medical Center,

Barbara Milrod, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Study Record Dates

2026-05