Integrated CBT to Improve Functioning in Veterans With Anxiety and Substance Use

Description

Individual with anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder often use alcohol in ways that could cause them harm. Treating both mental health concerns and alcohol use at the same time can help reduce difficulties engaging in multiple treatments. The investigators are evaluating how a cognitive behavioral therapy program that helps Veterans with anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, and alcohol use at the same time can help improve the participants lives.

Conditions

Anxiety Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Hazardous Drinking

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

Individual with anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder often use alcohol in ways that could cause them harm. Treating both mental health concerns and alcohol use at the same time can help reduce difficulties engaging in multiple treatments. The investigators are evaluating how a cognitive behavioral therapy program that helps Veterans with anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, and alcohol use at the same time can help improve the participants lives.

Addressing Mental Health Comorbidities: Integrated CBT to Improve Functioning in Veterans With Co-Occurring Anxiety and Substance Use

Integrated CBT to Improve Functioning in Veterans With Anxiety and Substance Use

Condition
Anxiety Disorder
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Houston

Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, Houston, Texas, United States, 77030-4211

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

  • * meeting diagnostic criteria for current anxiety disorder and
  • * endorsing hazardous alcohol use
  • * high-risk suicidality
  • * psychotic symptoms, or
  • * cognitive impairment that could interfere with engagement in weekly psychotherapy

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

VA Office of Research and Development,

Anthony Ecker, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX

Study Record Dates

2026-10-01