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Multifaceted Intervention to Restore Resilience and Overcome Risk
Recruiting
Who can join
Ages 18 and older · Women
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Able to consent as determined by UBACC, are English-speaking FVets who are 18+ years old * Screen positive for exposure to IPV and/or MST using the VA Intimate Partner Violence Assistance Program (VA IPVAP) and MST Screening Protocol, * Have a history of at least one BI assessed using the BISQ+IPV, * Sub-threshold PTSD (operationalized as a total score of \>33 on the PTSD Checklist Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5 (PCL-5), * Report deficits in Emotion Regulation (operationalized as a score of 0.5 SD above published means on the DERS). Exclusion Criteria: * FVets at high risk for suicide (respond yes to items 3, 4, 5, or 8 on the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale \[C-SSRS\]), will be initially excluded until a secondary risk and safety assessment is completed by one of the Texas licensed study psychologists, who will use the VA Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation (CSRE) to determine planning and intentions. Veterans who endorse chronic thoughts of death found among those with PTSD and depression, but who have no suicidal behaviors with intent to act, based on secondary risk assessment, will be included in the study. * Observable active psychosis (e.g., auditory hallucinations, grandiose delusions), * Those determined to have problematic substance use (score \> 27 on the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) will be referred to substance use dependence programs for concurrent treatment. The PI and Co-Is will collaborate with the substance use dependence program to determine continued participation.
About the study
The MIRROR study will compare the effectiveness of two interventions in improving emotion regulation and reducing PTSD symptoms in female Veterans with military sexual trauma (MST) and/or intimate partner violence (IPV) and co-occurring brain injury.
What is being tested
- webSTAIR (behavioral)
- ExpoTx (behavioral)
- PsychoEd (other)
Sponsor: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · Participants: 136 · Started: Sep 12, 2025
Contact the study team
- Maria Kajankova, PhD · Phone: 212-241-3379
- Madelyn Olis, BA · Phone: 212-241-4820
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06988787
Locations in the U.S.
| Texas | Baylor College of Medicine, Houston |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.