Patient-Centered Collaborative Care for Preventing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder After Traumatic Injury

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2013-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study will evaluate the effectiveness of patient-centered collaborative care that combines behavioral therapy and drug therapy as compared to usual care in reducing symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in people who have survived a traumatic injury.

• Phase: Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Washington
• Collaborator: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• English-speaking

• Admitted to Harborview Medical Center with injuries sufficiently severe to require inpatient admission

• Experienced a traumatic injury

• Exhibits symptoms of PTSD while in the hospital ward

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of head, spinal, or other injury that may prevent participation in the ward interview

• Requires immediate intervention due to conditions such as self-inflicted injury, active psychosis, or active mania

• Currently incarcerated

• Likely to face criminal charges

• Lives more than 50-100 miles from Harborview Medical Center