Video and text messages to reduce PTSD and opioid problems after sexual assault

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What this research studies

If you go to the ED after a sexual assault, you would watch a brief, supportive video during your medical/forensic visit and then get follow-up text messages designed to reduce stress and discourage harmful opioid use. The team will refine the video and the text message program and then deliver the combined approach to survivors seen for SAMFEs. Researchers will follow participants over time to see whether symptoms of PTSD and patterns of opioid use stay lower compared with usual care. This work builds on earlier trials where the ED video alone showed benefits for PTSD and some substance use outcomes.

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Where this research is happening

• University of Wisconsin-Madison
  Madison, United States Active

Researchers

• Principal investigator: Walsh, Katie L — University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Study coordinator: Walsh, Katie L

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About this research

1. This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
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