The investigators plan to develop and test an intervention using peer specialists (Veterans who have managed PTSD and completed PE) to provide support services for Veterans using prolonged exposure therapy.
The investigators will use qualitative data from Veterans and PE providers to revise the investigators' manualized intervention for peer support services, then complete a feasibility trial to assess the feasibility and acceptability of Peer Enhanced Prolonged Exposure
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
8
Peer support interventions as adjunct to prolonged exposure
Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
PE Sessions Attended
Number of PE Sessions attended during 10 weeks of participation in study. 10 is the maximum, 0 is the minimum. Higher numbers of sessions attended are an indication of better engagement in treatment.
Time frame: 10 weeks
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Checklist-5
Self-report measure of PTSD symptoms; score range is 0-80, with higher scores indicating more PTSD symptoms.
Time frame: 10 weeks
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