Improving Implementation of Evidence Based PTSD Psychotherapy for Veterans in the Community

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02499432

Enrollment

Registered

2015-07-16

Start date

2013-01-31

Completion date

2013-08-31

Last updated

2015-07-16

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Conditions

PTSD

Keywords

Evidence Based Psychotherapy, Implementation, PTSD

Brief summary

To further increase the access of evidence based psychotherapies for Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, we propose to offer training and intensive consultation to community-based providers in Cognitive Processing Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. However, we believe that many clinicians may not implement Cognitive Processing Therapy or take advantage of consultation after initial training. For this reason, we propose to examine the effectiveness of an enhanced training method, which would add Motivational Interviewing to the standard Cognitive Processing Therapy training. Motivational Interviewing is a form of collaborative discussion for strengthening motivation and commitment to change. We hypothesize that augmenting the standard Cognitive Processing Therapy training with these techniques will reduce providers' reluctance to fully implement the interventions.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALMotivational Enhancement

Motivational Enhancement/Interviewing is a form of discussion that seeks to increase change behavior.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* at least 18 years of age * currently licensed in their mental health discipline or a graduate level trainee in their mental health discipline

Exclusion criteria

* Have completed a 2-day training in Cognitive Processing Therapy

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Change assessed by Evidence Based Practice Attitudes Scale - 50	immediately pre-intervention/immediately post 2 day intervention/6 month followup	Pre intervention will be evaluated immediately before the 2 day training begins and post intervention will be evaluated immediately following the training. Followup will be collected approximately 6 monte after post-intervention.

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026