NCT05357586

The Pitt Center for Emergency Responder Wellness

Serving Those Who Protect the Public: The Pitt Center for Emergency Responder Wellness

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 36 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Emergency responders protect the public despite occupational hazards that threaten their mental health. The Pitt Center for Emergency Responder Wellness will be a clinical innovation hub that: 1) delivers accessible interventions for promoting mental health and overall wellbeing; 2) trains the next generation of students to provide mental health care for emergency responders; and 3) informs scientific understanding of post-trauma recovery processes. Goals for the seed phase are to establish our team and collect pilot data to demonstrate feasibility and initial clinical impact.

Detailed description

Emergency responders protect the public despite occupational hazards that threaten their mental health. This Center will be a clinical innovation hub that: 1) delivers accessible interventions for promoting mental health and overall wellbeing; 2) trains the next generation of graduate students to provide mental health care for emergency responders; and 3) informs scientific understanding of post-trauma recovery processes. Goals for the seed phase are to establish our team and collect pilot data to demonstrate feasibility and initial clinical impact. In this pilot study, the investigators will demonstrate feasibility by treating 30 eligible emergency responders (up to 60 total participants will be enrolled). The investigators will document treatment acceptability via treatment completion rates. The investigators will document treatment effects by measuring changes in mental health symptoms and quality of life. The investigators will disseminate our findings via conference presentations and manuscripts. The investigators will train graduate students in working with this specialized population.

Conditions

• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Alcohol Use Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders	The Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders is a manualized, evidence-based form of cognitive behavioral therapy aimed at targeting emotion regulation processes that underlie common forms of emotional disorders such as anxiety, depression, and commonly co-occurring mental health challenges.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-03-29
• Primary completion: 2023-12-31
• Completion: 2023-12-31
• First posted: 2022-05-03
• Last updated: 2024-02-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States