Mobile anger reduction for veterans with PTSD
Part of Mental health clinical trials.
This study tests a mobile app that helps veterans with PTSD manage anger. If you often feel angry or irritable, this app might help you learn ways to feel calmer and more in control.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You have a PTSD diagnosis (confirmed by a doctor's review and a screening score of 33 or higher on a PTSD checklist).
- You have significant anger issues (score of 12 or more on a 5-question anger scale).
- Your psychiatric medications have been the same for the past 3 months, and you don't plan to change them for the next 6 months.
- You can read at a 6th-grade level.
- You are not currently in a period of psychosis (losing touch with reality) or mania (extreme high energy), and you do not have strong thoughts of harming yourself or others.
- You have not used this specific anger-reduction app in a previous study, and you are not currently in other anger or trauma-focused therapy (like prolonged exposure or cognitive processing therapy).
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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