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One-Day workshop aims to ease Veterans' distress and reintegration

NCT ID NCT04143243

Symptom relief Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tested a one-day life skills workshop for veterans with mild traumatic brain injury, chronic pain, and mental health conditions like PTSD and depression. The workshop taught coping strategies to reduce distress and improve reintegration into civilian life. 176 veterans participated, and the study measured changes in symptoms and functioning.

What this could mean

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Active substance
One-day life skills group workshop (ACT on Life or Education, Resources, and Support)
What this could lead to
If it works, this could offer a brief, non-stigmatizing option to help veterans manage distress and reintegrate into civilian life.
What could go wrong
This is a small, completed study with 176 participants, so results may not apply to all veterans. The workshop is only one day, which may not be enough for lasting change.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

176 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Jul 2020

Finished

Aug 2024

Lead sponsor

A government agency

The lead sponsor is a US federal agency other than the NIH.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Inclusion Criteria: * OIF/OEF/OND Veteran * Stress-based psychopathology, as operationalized by a diagnosis of major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, or PTSD on the M.I.N.I. International Neuropsychiatric interview (M.I.N.I.) * Deployment-related mild TBI according to the definition of VA/DOD Clinical Practice Guidelines and determined by interview on the Boston Assessment of TBI-Lifetime (BAT-L) * Pain intensity and level of interference reported to be 5 (moderate) on the Defense and Veterans Pain Rating Scale (DVPRS) Exclusion Criteria: * History of bipolar disorder or primary psychotic disorder (e.g., schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder) on the M.I.N.I. * A current diagnosis of severe substance use disorder on the M.I.N.I. * Moderate to severe suicide risk on the suicidality scale on the M.I.N.I. * History of neurological illness not related to TBI (self-reported and confirmed by Dr. Jorge) * Severe medical illness (e.g. liver failure, severe coronary artery disease and /or heart failure) posing a new and significant stress burden and requiring intensive treatment (self-reported and confirmed by Dr. Jorge)

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

anxiety anxiety disorder Brain Injuries, Traumatic Chronic Pain chronic pain syndrome Depression depressive disorder generalized anxiety disorder major depressive disorder Multiple Trauma post-traumatic stress disorder traumatic brain injury

As listed by the trial registrant

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Anxiety Chronic pain Depression Post-traumatic stress disorder Traumatic brain injury

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX

    Houston, Texas, 77030-4211, United States

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