Neural Correlates of PTSD Prevention With Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in Iraqi Veterans

US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

Status: Completed

Conditions: PTSD; Stress Disorders, Posttraumatic

Treatments: Behavioral: MBSR

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT01058031

Bremner Merit 007

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction to a supportive therapy control group.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• PTSD related to OEF/OIF service

Exclusion criteria

• History of brain injury

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 1 patient group

Arm 1

Experimental group

Description:

MBSR

Treatment:

Behavioral: MBSR