Innovative Multimodal and Attention Training to Improve Emotion Communication in Veterans
Poor emotion recognition has been associated with poor quality of interpersonal relationships, loss of employment, behavioral problems, reduced social reintegration, social isolation and even suicide. Deficits in emotion recognition are common in traumatic brain injury (TBI) and in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
| Condition(s) | Brain Injury, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder |
|---|---|
| Status | Recruiting |
| Phase | NA |
| Study type | Interventional |
| Summary | Poor emotion recognition has been associated with poor quality of interpersonal relationships, loss of employment, behavioral problems, reduced social reintegration, social isolation and even suicide. Deficits in emotion recognition are common in traumatic brain injury (TBI) and in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) but these deficits have not been well studied in Veterans with both mild TBI (mTBI) and PTSD. Currently there are no interventions for emotion recognition in Veterans with mTBI and PTSD, and interventions for severe TBI have lacked training of both facial and vocal emotion recognition. In a preliminary study of an innovative combination of facial and vocal modalities, a multimodal affect recognition training (MMART) showed promise but lacked attention training that is an ess |
| Who can participate | Inclusion Criteria: * Veterans with a diagnosis of mTBI and PTSD based on VA/Department of Defense guidelines. * Emotion recognition deficit * Attention deficit * Corrected vision within normal limits * Hearing within normal limits * Fluent in English Exclusion Criteria: * premorbid history of schizophrenia * bipolar disorder * chronic medical or neurological diseases |
| Ages | 25 Years to 50 Years |
| Sex | All |
| Lead sponsor | VA Office of Research and Development |
| Locations | Gainesville, Florida, United States |
| Start date | 2022-12-01 |
| NCT ID | NCT05478759 |
| Official listing | https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05478759 |