One-day Life Skills Workshop for Veterans With TBI, Pain, and Psychopathology: Evaluating Efficacy and Mechanism of Change
CompletedNot applicableNCT04143243
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is the signature wound of Veterans returning from the operations in Iraq and Afghanistan (i.e., OIF/OEF/OND), with up to 20 percent experiencing persistent post-concussive symptoms. Among Veterans with mTBI, the majority also experience stress-based psychopathology (e.g., depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and/or generalized anxiety disorder) and chronic pain. To cope with distress, pain, and other difficulties, Veterans often turn to maladaptive avoidant coping strategies which offer short term relief but exacerbate/maintain mental health problems and have detrimental long-term effects on social, occupational, and community reintegration. Unfortunately, Veterans face important barriers to seeking mental health treatment, including stigma and logistical issues. This proposal aims to examine 1) the impact of a Veteran-centered, non-stigmatizing, 1-day "life skills group workshop" on overall distress and reintegration; and 2) the mechanisms by which this treatment might work as well as possible influences on treatment efficacy.
Study details
- Official title
- One-day Life Skills Workshop for Veterans With TBI, Pain, and Psychopathology: Evaluating Efficacy and Mechanism of Change
- Conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Chronic Pain
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Interventions
- Behavioral: ACT on Life
- Behavioral: Education, Resources, and Support
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
- Start date
- 2020-07-01
- Primary completion
- 2024-08-03
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * OIF/OEF/OND Veteran * Stress-based psychopathology, as operationalized by a diagnosis of major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, or PTSD on the M.I.N.I. International Neuropsychiatric interview (M.I.N.I.) * Deployment-related mild TBI according to the definition of VA/DOD Clinical Practice Guidelines and determined by interview on the Boston Assessment of TBI-Lifetime (BAT-L) * Pain intensity and level of interference reported to be 5 (moderate) on the Defense and Veterans Pain Rating Scale (DVPRS) Exclusion Criteria: * History of bipolar disorder or primary psychotic disorder (e.g., schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder) on the M.I.N.I. * A current diagnosis of severe substance use disorder on the M.I.N.I. * Moderate to severe suicide risk on the suicidality scale on the M.I.N.I. * History of neurological illness not related to TBI (self-reported and confirmed by Dr. Jorge) * Severe medical illness (e.g. liver failure, severe coronary artery disease and /or heart failure) posing a new and significant stress burden and requiring intensive treatment (self-reported and confirmed by Dr. Jorge)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04143243