Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Substance Abuse
Conditions
Brief summary
Purpose: To conduct a pilot study of a cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT) for PTSD and substance abuse among persons with serious mental illness (SMI) treated in a community setting. Participants: Participants will be 50 volunteer adult individuals with PTSD and substance use disorders (SUD), and SMI who are receiving services at the Freedom House Recovery Center, served through the Orange Person Chatham (OPC) Area Program. Procedures (methods): Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two conditions: 1) the CBT intervention plus treatment as usual; or, 2) treatment as usual.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALCBT and exposure therapy for PTSD
The CBT intervention will be administered twice weekly in group therapy sessions for 7 weeks, and then twice weekly individual sessions for 4 weeks.
OTHERTreatment as Usual
Participants in the treatment as usual condition will receive their usual services at the community clinic where they receive mental health and substance abuse services
Sponsors
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Must be at least 18 years of age * Currently receiving services at Freedom House * Meet DSM-IV criteria for PTSD * Meet criteria for Substance Use Disorder * Able to understand and provide informed consent
Exclusion criteria
• Psychiatric hospitalization or suicide attempt in the past two months
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Clinician Administered PTSD Scale | 3 months |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Addiction Severity Index | 3 months |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed