PTSD, AUD, and Interpersonal Conflict: Within-person Associations

Description

The present study seeks to increase understanding of Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among veterans, an important public health concern. We will study the effects of regulatory deficits and sleep disturbance on the dynamic course of PTSD and AUD. The study will investigate whether a short, computerized training in the laboratory will alter maladaptive response biases and reduce associations between sleep disturbance, affect and behavioral dysregulation, AUD symptoms, and PTSD symptoms in the real world.

Conditions

Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Alcoholism

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The present study seeks to increase understanding of Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among veterans, an important public health concern. We will study the effects of regulatory deficits and sleep disturbance on the dynamic course of PTSD and AUD. The study will investigate whether a short, computerized training in the laboratory will alter maladaptive response biases and reduce associations between sleep disturbance, affect and behavioral dysregulation, AUD symptoms, and PTSD symptoms in the real world.

PTSD, AUD, and Interpersonal Conflict: Within-person Associations

PTSD, AUD, and Interpersonal Conflict: Within-person Associations

Condition
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Bay Pines

Bay Pines VA Health Care System, Bay Pines, Florida, United States, 33744

Sioux Falls

Sioux Falls VA Health Care System, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States, 57105

Vermillion

The University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota, United States, 57069

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * OIF/OEF/OND veterans
  • * At risk for PTSD (i.e., PCL-5 ≥33) and/or AUD (i.e., AUDIT ≥ 7 (women) ≥ 8 (men))
  • * Psychosis or severe Alcohol Use Disorder that contraindicates participation (based on interview)
  • * Active suicidal or homicidal ideation that contraindicates participation (based on interview)
  • * \[exclusion criteria removed 6/2022\] - Severe risk for sleep apnea (a positive score in three categories of the Berlin Questionnaire), or reported treatment for sleep apnea

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 60 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of South Dakota,

Study Record Dates

2025-04-30