Web intervention for OEF/OIF veterans with problem drinking and PTSD symptoms: a randomized clinical trial.

Deborah J BriefAmy RubinTerence M KeaneJustin L EnggasserMonica RoyEric HelmuthJohn HermosMark LachowiczDenis Rybin David Rosenbloom

Published in: Journal of consulting and clinical psychology (2013)

Results indicate that VetChange is effective in reducing drinking and PTSD symptoms in OIF/OEF veterans. Further studies of VetChange are needed to assess web-based recruitment and retention methods and to determine VetChange's effectiveness in demographic and clinical sub-populations of returning veterans.

Keyphrases

randomized controlled trial
posttraumatic stress disorder
social support
alcohol consumption
systematic review
depressive symptoms
case control