Strength At Home: Veterans' Program (PTSD-Focused Therapy for Anger and Relationship Conflict Among OEF/OIF Veterans)

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

135 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-03-31

Study Completion Date

2014-09-30

Brief Summary

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This is a research study funded by the Department of Defense to test a therapeutic intervention for male combat veterans who engage in intimate partner violence (IPV). The investigators hope to decrease the recurrence of relationship aggression and help veterans manage anger. The primary aim of the study is to test the intervention.

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Detailed Description

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The purpose of this project is to develop, standardize, and test an intervention for combat veterans exposed to trauma who engage in intimate partner aggression (IPA). This intervention, formerly labeled PTSD-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Partner Violence (PFCBT), and currently called the Strength at Home, Veteran's Program, incorporates components of interventions for IPA and trauma and will target mechanisms implicated in the relationship between trauma and IPA. This project addresses a number of the research gaps in this area of research including: (a) the development of a novel treatment approach to improve functioning and well-being of affected individuals; (b) tertiary prevention (of repeated IPA) during re-integration; and (c) examination of the efficacy of a program providing support for the families and caregivers of veterans with combat history.

Conditions

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Domestic Violence

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Group

PTSD-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Partner Violence

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

PTSD-Focused CBT for Partner Violence

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

PTSD-Focused CBT (PFCBT) will consist of 12 2-hour weekly sessions,led by two project therapists. In each session, group members will discuss materials and do assignments to practice skills.

Waitlist

Control group - no intervention

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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PTSD-Focused CBT for Partner Violence

PTSD-Focused CBT (PFCBT) will consist of 12 2-hour weekly sessions,led by two project therapists. In each session, group members will discuss materials and do assignments to practice skills.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

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Strength at Home Veterans Program

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Any era veteran
* Over the age of 18
* In a relationship within a female partner within the last 6 months
* At least one act of male-to-female physical aggression over the previous 6 months or at least one act of male-to-female severe violence in the past 12 months
* Male participant must consent for partner contact

Exclusion Criteria

* Participant evidences severe organicity or active psychosis
* Reading difficulties prevent valid completion of the assessment instruments
* Participant expresses prominent suicidal or homicidal ideation
* Participant meets diagnostic criteria for alcohol and/or drug dependence, if not in early full remission or sustained partial remission

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes