Clinical Trial: Evaluating Supplementing Residential Substance Use Treatment With Written Exposure Therapy for Veterans With Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Substance Use Disorders (SUD)
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: RECRUITING
Condition: PTSD
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: Evaluating the Impact of Supplementing Residential Substance Use Treatment With Written Exposure Therapy for Veterans With Co-Occurring PTSD and Substance Use Disorders
Brief Summary:
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Substance Use Disorder (SUD) are highly comorbid, and comorbidity increases risk for poor functional outcomes.Risks for poor quality of life and suicide increase further for those with co-occurring PTSD and SUD diagnoses as compared to either condition alone, with suicide attempt rates three times higher for Veterans with alcohol use disorder and PTSD (Norman, Haller, Hamblen, Southwick & Pietrzak, 2018).For patients with PTSD-SUD, there is evidence of greater PTSD…
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