App-based CBT for substance dependence and relationship aggression
Part of Mental health clinical trials.
This study tests an app-guided version of CBT (a structured talk-therapy approach) against standard CBT to help people with substance dependence and recent verbal aggression in an intimate relationship. You may be screened to see if you fit both the substance use and relationship aggression parts of the trial.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- Be age 18 to 65 and able to do outpatient treatment
- Have substance dependence and have used alcohol and/or stimulant drugs in the past 30 days
- Have had verbal aggression in a current intimate relationship in the past 30 days (for example yelling, pushing, slapping)
- Be able to read English at about a 6th-grade level
- Not be in active substance withdrawal that needs detox right now
- Not have certain severe mental health or safety risks (no current suicidality/homicidality or severe violence)
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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