ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Consulting After Combat: Interviewing Veterans to Develop a Therapy to Restore Functioning and Reintegration After Moral Injury Events

Study Overview

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Description

Despite the VA's best efforts to treat the psychosocial impact of war, many combat Veterans report lingering difficulty reintegrating into meaningful post-deployment lives. War is among the most extreme forms of human experience but, for many, wartime trauma was treated using models transported from civilian single-incident trauma contexts. Veterans have unique needs and experiences that require culturally responsive and sensitive conceptualizations and treatments. Patient-centered care is improved by providing multiple effective treatment options and this project, if successful, could have a significant impact on VA care. This CDA-2 project has the potential to offer innovative treatment for traumatized combat Veterans who otherwise may not find full relief from PTSD. Clinical research practice will be advanced by employing state-of-the-art user-centered design methods combined with expert clinical feedback to develop an effective and usable group treatment manual that will meet VA needs.

Official Title

Consulting After Combat: Interviewing Service Members and Veterans to Develop a Therapy to Restore Functioning and Reintegration After Moral Injury Events

Quick Facts

Study Start:2022-02-01
Study Completion:2026-10-30
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT05020587

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.

Ages Eligible for Study:18 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:No
Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * The investigators will recruit 12 potentially morally injurious event (PMIE)-impaired Veterans.
  2. * Potential participants include:
  3. * male and female
  4. * English-speaking Veterans
  5. * 18 years of age or older
  6. * enrolled in Central Texas Veterans Healthcare System
  7. * with a service record of combat deployments
  8. * Participants must:
  9. * comprehend and sign the informed consent form
  10. * if they report a PMIE as their worst trauma
  11. * 3 on the MIOS functional impairment item
  12. * if they score 10 on the SDS
  1. * Veterans will be excluded from the study if they have either:
  2. * untreated substance abuse disorder
  3. * severe suicidal or homicidal ideation, defined using the C-SSRS
  4. * \<18 on the MOCA, indicating potential for more than mild cognitive impairment

Contacts and Locations

Principal Investigator

Sheila B Frankfurt O'Brien, PhD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Temple, TX

Study Locations (Sites)

Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Temple, TX
Temple, Texas, 76504-7451
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development

  • Sheila B Frankfurt O'Brien, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Temple, TX

Study Record Dates

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Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2022-02-01
Study Completion Date2026-10-30

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2022-02-01
Study Completion Date2026-10-30

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • Moral Injury
  • Group Psychotherapy
  • Veterans

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Moral Injury
  • Functional Impairment