55
Participants
Start Date
December 12, 2022
Primary Completion Date
October 30, 2024
Study Completion Date
October 30, 2024
Transcendental Meditation (TM)
During the first week, each participant randomized to undergo TM will meet with a TM instructor on four consecutive days for 60 minutes, for an introductory training. Next, participants will meet for twelve 60-minute sessions over the course of three months and then once monthly for booster sessions for 6 months. All sessions will be recorded and reviewed for adherence to the TM protocol.
Present Centered Therapy (PCT)
PCT treatments will be delivered by trained clinicians at master's or doctoral-level. Study therapists will be supervised by a a licensed psychologist. Participants assigned to this treatment will meet with a PCT therapist once a week for twelve 60-minute sessions over the course of 3 months and then monthly for months four through nine. Sessions will focus on current life problems as manifestations of PTSD. All sessions will be recorded and reviewed for adherence to the treatment protocol.
New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York
Northwell Health, Great Neck
University of Southern California, Los Angeles
University of California San Diego, La Jolla
Stanford University, Palo Alto
Collaborators (2)
Columbia University
OTHER
Northwell Health
OTHER
Brown University
OTHER
University of California, San Diego
OTHER
University of Southern California
OTHER
VA Palo Alto Health Care System
FED
New York State Psychiatric Institute
OTHER
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
OTHER
Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.
OTHER