Promoting Positive Emotional Functioning in Police and Military Populations

NCT ID: NCT06035562

Last Updated: 2025-06-04

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 65 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-09-05
• Study Completion Date: 2025-08-31

Brief Summary

This study will examine whether actively serving and veteran members of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) who complete a treatment targeting anhedonia symptoms and amplifying positive emotional processing: 1) experience significant symptom reductions in anxiety, trauma, and depressive symptoms; 2) report increased experience of positive emotions; 3) report improvements to broad functioning and quality of life; and 4) find the treatment to be highly tolerable.

Conditions

Anhedonia

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

PVSET

Participants will receive a course of individual therapy through the Operational Stress Injury Clinic (OSIC) at Deer Lodge Centre. Therapy will consist of a validated treatment protocol known as Positive Valence System Enhancement Treatment for Anxiety and Depression (PVSET), which will consist of psychoeducation and positive activity interventions designed to increase positive emotions, cognitions, and behaviors. Therapy sessions will be facilitated by psychologists, licensed therapists (e.g., MSW, RPN), and/or graduate students in psychology under supervision at the OSIC. PVSET will consist of 6 sessions, each lasting one hour, and will be delivered either virtually or in-person at OSIC depending on patient preference.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

PVSET

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

6, one-hour sessions of individual therapy, consisting of Positive Valence System Enhancement Treatment for Anxiety and Depression (PVSET), which will consist of psychoeducation and positive activity interventions designed to increase positive emotions, cognitions, and behaviors.

Interventions

PVSET

6, one-hour sessions of individual therapy, consisting of Positive Valence System Enhancement Treatment for Anxiety and Depression (PVSET), which will consist of psychoeducation and positive activity interventions designed to increase positive emotions, cognitions, and behaviors.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Be an actively serving or veteran member of the CAF and RCMP;
• Have been referred to receive the treatment protocol at the OSIC at Deer Lodge Centre by a doctor or psychologist;
• Have previously participated in at least one evidence-based psychological treatment for depressive, anxiety, or trauma-and-stressor-related condition at OSIC but remain clinically symptomatic;
• Be able to speak, read, and write in English;
• Have no current psychosis, untreated bipolar disorder, or current suicidal ideation with plan and intent;
• Be on a stable medication regime and agree to not make changes for the duration of the treatment.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of Manitoba

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Kevin Barber

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Deer Lodge Centre

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Countries

Canada

Other Identifiers

HS26055 (H2023:201)

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id