Multisite Feasibility of Compassion Meditation for Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Description

Compassion meditation (CM) is a contemplative practice that builds compassion for and connectedness with others. CM has shown promise as a way of enhancing recovery for Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The proposed project will examine the feasibility of a clinical trial by assessing our ability to deliver CM and a control intervention consistently with a diverse groups of Veterans from different parts of the country and optimizing the way in which outcomes are determined.

Conditions

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

Compassion meditation (CM) is a contemplative practice that builds compassion for and connectedness with others. CM has shown promise as a way of enhancing recovery for Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The proposed project will examine the feasibility of a clinical trial by assessing our ability to deliver CM and a control intervention consistently with a diverse groups of Veterans from different parts of the country and optimizing the way in which outcomes are determined.

Multisite Feasibility of Compassion Meditation for Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Multisite Feasibility of Compassion Meditation for Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Condition
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Bedford

VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, Massachusetts, United States, 01730

Canandaigua

VA Finger Lakes HCS, Canandaigua, New York, United States, 14424-1159

Durham

Durham VA Health Care System, Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27705

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

  • * Veteran status
  • * Able/willing to consent
  • * Primary complaint of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or subsyndromal PTSD with accompanying distress and impairment
  • * Serious suicidality or homicidality
  • * Known, untreated substance use or dependence problem
  • * Untreated/unstable serious mental illness
  • * Cognitive impairment that would interfere with study activities
  • * Concurrent enrollment in other treatment for PTSD or other meditation-based practice

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Veterans Medical Research Foundation,

Study Record Dates

2026-06-30