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Telehealth 2.0: Evaluating Effectiveness and Engagement Strategies for CPT-Text for PTSD
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Purpose
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.
Official Title
Telehealth 2.0: Evaluating Effectiveness and Engagement Strategies for Asynchronous Texting Based Trauma Focused Therapy for PTSD
Stanford Investigator(s)
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
Intervention(s):
behavioral: CPT-Text
behavioral: Retention Incentive
behavioral: Reminder as Usual
behavioral: Culturally Informed Trauma Treatment (CITT)
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I'm InterestedContact Information
Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford,
CA
94305
Shannon Wiltsey Stirman, PhD
650-493-5000