Integrated CBT to Improve Functioning in Veterans With Anxiety and Substance Use
Addressing Mental Health Comorbidities: Integrated CBT to Improve Functioning in Veterans With Co-Occurring Anxiety and Substance Use
VA Office of Research and Development
40 participants
Mar 1, 2023
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
Individual with anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder often use alcohol in ways that could cause them harm. Treating both mental health concerns and alcohol use at the same time can help reduce difficulties engaging in multiple treatments. The investigators are evaluating how a cognitive behavioral therapy program that helps Veterans with anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, and alcohol use at the same time can help improve the participants lives.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria2
- meeting diagnostic criteria for current anxiety disorder and
- endorsing hazardous alcohol use
Exclusion Criteria4
- need for acute medically-supervised detoxification with exclusionary criteria of
- high-risk suicidality
- psychotic symptoms, or
- cognitive impairment that could interfere with engagement in weekly psychotherapy
Interventions
Transdiagnostic cognitive behavior therapy for emotional disorders modified to include CBT for alcohol use.
referrals to VA care for SUD and anxiety
Locations(1)
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NCT04871100