Education and Training
Telehealth 2.0: Evaluating Effectiveness and Engagement Strategies for CPT-Text for PTSD
There is a pressing need to increase capacity to treat PTSD related to or exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Texting-based therapy holds promise to increase capacity and reduce barriers to delivering evidence-based treatments (EBTs), but ongoing engagement in digital mental health interventions is low. This study will compare a texting-based EBT for PTSD to culturally-informed texting-based treatment for PTSD as usual, and it will also compare a unique incentive strategy to typical platform reminders aimed to prevent early discontinuation in therapy. This online study is open to individuals who live in 13 different states.
Stanford is currently accepting patients for this trial.
Stanford Investigator(s):
Intervention(s):
- behavioral: CPT-Text
- behavioral: Retention Incentive
- behavioral: Reminder as Usual
- behavioral: Culturally Informed Trauma Treatment (CITT)
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Over the age of 18 residing in the United States
- Criterion A event measured by the Life Events Checklist for DSM-5 (LEC-5)
- Significant symptoms of PTSD as evidenced by a score of 33 or above on the PCL-5
- PTSD symptoms that began or increased during the COVID pandemic (per self-report)
- Registered/registering on Talkspace for messaging-based therapy
- Ownership of a personal device for texting
- Residence in a state with therapist capacity on the Talkspace platform
Exclusion Criteria:
- Acute risk for suicidal thoughts and/or behaviors measured by the Columbia Suicide
Severity Rating Scale Lifetime-Recent Screen
- Psychosis or substance abuse that requires prioritization of treatment and/or higher
level of care
Ages Eligible for Study
18 Years - 75 Years
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Now accepting new patients
Contact Information
Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford,
CA
94305
Shannon Wiltsey Stirman, PhD
650-493-5000
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