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Project Number: | IK2CX001589-01 |
| Title: | An adjunctive family intervention for individual PTSD treatment |
| Principal Investigator: | Johanna Thompson-Hollands |
| Location: | Boston, MA |
| Congressional District Code: | 7 |
| Research Service: | Clinical Science R&D |
| Project Period: | July 2017 - December 2021 |
| FY 2021 Funding Amount: | $290,123 |
| Total Award Amount (all years): |
$1,069,362 |
| Abstract: |
View full abstract and other project information on NIH RePORTER Go To NIH RePORTER Excerpt: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a devastating illness that has substantial costs to Veterans, their families, and society. Although effective individual treatments for PTSD exist, high rates of treatment dropout and generally sub-optimal response rates remain common. Incorporating family members in treatment represents one potential avenue for improving outcomes, but existing family-inclusive treatments for PTSD are lengthy and burdensome to families and clinicians. To address this crit... |