Testing Adaptive Interventions to Improve Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Treatment Outcomes in Federally Qualified Health Centers
This trial is being completed to develop a stepped-care talk therapy model for patients with PTSD. Specifically, this study is testing whether beginning with one type of therapy is better than beginning with another type of therapy, and whether moving to a different therapy after four sessions is more helpful than staying with the same therapy, depending on how well it is working. The central hypothesis is that beginning with a low- or medium-intensity PTSD intervention and then titrating intensity based on early indications of response will result in clinically significant PTSD symptom reduction with parsimony of resources.
• Receive care at a participating federally qualified health center (FQHC)
• Have a Posttraumatic Stress Disorder checklist (PCL-5) score greater or equal (≥) to 33
• Own a mobile device that can be used for the PTSD Coach App
• Have had psychotropic medication stability for at least 4 weeks