Written Exposure Therapy for Veterans With SUD and PTSD

NARecruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

170

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

September 26, 2022

Primary Completion Date

May 12, 2027

Study Completion Date

June 30, 2027

Conditions
Substance Use DisordersPosttraumatic Stress Disorder
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Written Exposure Therapy

Written Exposure Therapy is a 5 session treatment in which individuals write about their trauma event in a specified manner.

BEHAVIORAL

Neutral Topic Writing

Treatment as Usual augmented by 5 sessions of Neutral Topic Writing which involves writing about specific objects (e.g., what they have eaten over the past week) or events (e.g., what they did since yesterday) in detail without discussing thoughts or feelings.

Trial Locations (1)

06516-2770

RECRUITING

VA Connecticut Healthcare System West Haven Campus, West Haven, CT, West Haven

All Listed Sponsors
lead

VA Office of Research and Development

FED