Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Sexual Violence Survivors in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Analyses from A Randomized Controlled Trial of Group Cognitive Processing Therapy

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Bass
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Cognitive Processing ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Cognitive Processing Therapy ◽  
Mental Health Needs ◽  
Randomized Controlled

scholarly journals Supporting the Mental Health Needs of Military Partners Through the Together Webinar Program: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Josephine Hendrikx ◽  
Dominic Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Secondary Trauma ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Trauma Symptoms ◽  
Mental Health Needs ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Mental Health Difficulties ◽  
Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

BACKGROUND Despite an increased risk of psychological difficulties, there remains a lack of evidence-based support for the mental health needs of military partners. OBJECTIVE This study aims to investigate whether the Together Webinar Programme (TTP-Webinar), a 6-week structured, remote access group intervention would reduce military partners’ experience of common mental health difficulties and secondary trauma symptoms. METHODS A pilot randomized controlled trial was used to compare the TTP-Webinar intervention with a waitlist control. The sample was UK treatment-seeking veterans engaged in a mental health charity. A total of 196 military partners (1 male and 195 females; aged mean 42.28, SD 10.82 years) were randomly allocated to the intervention (<i>n</i>=97) or waitlist (<i>n</i>=99) condition. Outcome measures were self-reported measures of common mental health difficulties, secondary trauma symptoms, and overall quality of life rating. RESULTS Compared with the waitlist, military partners in the TTP-Webinar had reduced common mental health difficulties (<i>P</i>=.02) and secondary trauma symptoms (<i>P</i>=.001). However, there was no difference in quality-of-life ratings (<i>P</i>=.06). CONCLUSIONS The results suggest that TTP-Webinar is an effective intervention to support the mental health difficulties of military partners. This study provides promising evidence that webinars may be an appropriate platform for providing group-based support. CLINICALTRIAL ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05013398; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05013398

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