Comparing Trauma-Focused Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and usual Veterans Administration care for PTSD in veterans

You may qualify if

• Reporting moderate PTSD, as defined by a CAPS score of >40
• Have at least one of the following history with CPT and/or PE:; offered and declined; dropped out of treatment; been determined unsuitable by their treatment team; received treatment but continue to experience symptoms meeting entrance criteria.
• Require stabilization on psychiatric medication for 2 month period prior to entry into study to avoid confounding treatments

You can't join if

• Presence of SCID-5 assessed psychotic disorder, bipolar disorder, or substance use that would interfere with trial demands
• Severe suicidality that would require immediate crisis management
• Organic mental syndromes, delirium, or unstable medical conditions that would interfere with trial demands
• Inability to meet trial demands.