PTSD treatment to help prevent future chronic pain
Treatments studied
Part of Mental health, Pain clinical trials.
This study tests whether treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) right when you come to the emergency room for new, acute pain can lower the chance you develop long-term (chronic) pain. It may help people whose pain and trauma symptoms start around the same time.
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Who can take part
- Be between 18 and 70 years old
- Be able to read and write English well enough for questionnaires and interviews
- Come to the Rush emergency department with new (acute) pain that is not from the traumatic event causing your PTSD
- Currently have PTSD symptoms based on your own report (study staff will confirm)
- If you have diabetes or HIV, or another long-term pain condition, your current ED pain must not be the same kind of nerve (neuropathic) pain or the same source as the ongoing pain (checked case by case)
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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