Self-Help Intervention for Post 9/11 Veterans With Depression or PTSD Symptoms

Part of paid clinical trials in Syracuse, New York.

Sponsor
VA Office of Research and Development
Study ID
NCT07202325
Status
Not Yet Recruiting

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Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Resilience Training for Veterans (REST-V) — BEHAVIORAL
    A 6-week self-help intervention tailored for post-9/11 Veterans offering guidance on cognitive-behavioral self-management coping strategies plus when and how to access recovery support services including mental health treatment. Materials are sent once a week for 6 weeks, and participants can opt to receive weekly reminder text messages or up to 3 brief telephone support calls.
  • Usual resources — OTHER
    Standard printed resource/treatment information provided in VHA usual care to post-9/11 Veterans. Covers similar domains as the intervention materials and provides information on a variety of VA and community resources for Veterans. Materials are sent once.

Study Details

It is important to provide support and resources for the many post-9/11 Veterans with mental health symptoms and poor psychosocial functioning who do not engage in psychotherapy. One of the biggest reasons post-9/11 Veterans do not seek treatment is a preference to handle problems on their own. This study examines a self-help intervention that teaches Veterans healthy coping strategies they can use on their own and how to seek out recovery support services such as mental health treatment or whole-person care if they decide to do so in the future. This study will compare the impact of self-help and standard resources at improving mental health and resource utilization. Two hundred Veterans will complete 6 brief assessments across 40 weeks.

Key Dates

Start date
Oct 1, 2026
Status verified
Sep 2025
Primary completion
Jul 31, 2029
Completion
Mar 31, 2030

Study Design

Enrollment
200 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: Intervention condition
    Self-help intervention
  • Active Comparator: Control condition
    Usual resources

Primary Outcome Measure

Inventory of Psychosocial Functioning (IPF) [ Time Frame: Weeks 0 to 8, 24, and 40 ]

Central Contacts

Locations (2)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Syracuse VA Medical Center, Syracuse, NYSyracuseNew York13210-2716
Robyn L Shepardson, PhD
[email protected]
315-425-4400
Robyn L. Shepardson, PhD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)
Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NCDurhamNorth Carolina27705-3875
Patrick Calhoun, PhD
[email protected]
919-286-0411

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By condition
Depression
By specialty
PsychiatryMental healthBehavioral health
By research site
Syracuse VA Medical Center, Syracuse, NY· Syracuse, NYDurham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC· Durham, NC

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