Accession Number:

ADA551773

Title:

Randomized Controlled Equivalence Trial Comparing Videoconference and Face-to-Face Delivery of Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD

Descriptive Note:

Annual rept. 1 Jun 2008-31 May 2009

Corporate Author:

DREW UNIV MADISON NJ

Personal Author(s):

• Smith, Tracey L.

Report Date:

2009-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

4.0

Abstract:

The proposed study seeks to address the problems that some veterans and service personnel have when trying to access appropriate health care for PTSD. One way to improve access to this care is to deliver the treatment over a video conferencing system referred to as telemental health or TMH so that personnel in geographically underserved areas can be treated by clinicians with specialized training. Specifically we will be comparing the efficacy of Cognitive Processing Therapy CPT when provided in traditional face-to-face FTF vs. via TMH. The study will compare these modalities of treatment among OEFOIF veterans who have developed PTSD secondary to their military trauma. The treatment will directly help the veterans by providing education and skills-building to help them process their reactions to their traumas and decrease the experience of PTSD symptoms. This study has a unique component of having an accompanying website which allows the veterans in the TMH condition to complete their therapy assignments in a secure online environment.

Descriptors:

• *CONFERENCING(COMMUNICATIONS)
• *POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
• *PSYCHOTHERAPY
• *VIDEOPHONES
• ACCESS
• COGNITION
• EDUCATION
• HEALTH
• INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS
• MEDICAL SERVICES
• MILITARY MEDICINE
• MILITARY PERSONNEL
• ONLINE SYSTEMS
• SECURITY
• TRAINING

Subject Categories:

• Psychology
• Medicine and Medical Research
• Recording and Playback Devices
• Voice Communications

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE