Mental Health Clinician / Chaplain Collaboration
ConditionMoral Injury
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-80
SponsorCentral Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
About this trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the intervention can be delivered by VA chaplains and if it is acceptable for veterans who have symptoms of moral injury (guilt, shame, isolation) and are receiving VA mental health treatment. The main questions it aims to answer are:
Can the study team enroll veterans for this intervention and complete data collection? Will veterans complete the intervention?
There is no comparison group.
Participants will will complete a baseline and 6-month interview and participate in up to 12 intervention sessions with a VA chaplain. The intervention will focus on facilitating forgiveness and community connection.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
age 18 to 80 years
plan to follow-up with a VA mental health clinician for PTSD or SUD treatment within the next three months (therefore allowing for collaboration)
positive screen using the 6-item Moral Injury Distress Scale (MIDS) screener. A positive MIDS screen will be defined as being bothered at least moderately by exposure to at least one potentially morally injurious event (witnessing, omission, commission).
Disqualifiers
diagnosis of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, or severe neurocognitive disorder (e.g., dementia, severe TBI). Veterans with borderline personality disorder will be eligible for participation in this study following DBT completion.
Planning to start or current participation in a moral injury treatment group or evidence-based psychotherapy (e.g., Prolonged Exposure or Cognitive Processing Therapy).
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- facilitate forgiveness and community connection to address symptoms of moral injury
Treatment groups
20 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupSponsors and collaborators
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Lead sponsor
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov