Adaptive PTSD care in community health centers
Testing Adaptive Interventions to Improve PTSD Treatment Outcomes in Federally Qualified Health Centers
This project offers a stepped-care plan that starts with low- or medium-intensity PTSD treatments and steps up to more intensive therapy for adults getting care at federally qualified health centers if needed.
Quick facts
| Grant type | R01 grant |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | University of Michigan at Ann Arbor NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Ann Arbor, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11177615 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
If you join, you would begin with a lower-intensity option like the PTSD Coach app or a brief Prolonged Exposure for Primary Care (PE-PC). Researchers will watch early treatment response and use a Sequential, Multiple Assignment, Randomized Trial (SMART) design to decide whether to keep you on the same level or move you to a higher-intensity therapy such as full Prolonged Exposure. The program is delivered in Federally Qualified Health Centers that serve low-income adults. Follow-up visits will track symptoms and functioning over time to see which stepwise paths give the best long-term results.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Adults with PTSD who receive care at participating Federally Qualified Health Centers and are willing to try app-based or brief PE treatments (with possible escalation to full PE) would be ideal candidates.
Not a fit: Young children, people not receiving care at participating FQHCs, or individuals who need immediate intensive psychiatric care may not benefit from this stepped approach.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this could help more people get the right level of PTSD treatment sooner and improve recovery rates in low-resource clinics.
How similar studies have performed: Low- and medium-intensity approaches like PTSD Coach and PE for Primary Care have shown effectiveness in low-resource settings, but using a SMART stepped-care sequence to tailor escalation is relatively new.
Where this research is happening
Ann Arbor, United States
- University of Michigan at Ann Arbor — Ann Arbor, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Sripada, Rebecca Kaufman — University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
- Study coordinator: Sripada, Rebecca Kaufman
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.