Catch this KSAT-12 News story about a new grant to STRONG STAR to #study the impact of adding one dose of #MDMA to evidence-based #psychotherapy for #PTSD in #military personnel. Expected start date in about a year. https://lnkd.in/gEvxeFxN
STRONG STAR Consortium
Research Services
San Antonio, TX 965 followers
World-class experts researching the best ways to prevent, diagnose, and treat the psychological wounds of war.
About us
The STRONG STAR Consortium, based at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, is a multidisciplinary and multi-institutional research consortium focused on developing and evaluating the most effective early interventions possible for the detection, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related conditions in active-duty military personnel and recently discharged veterans. The consortium's director is Alan Peterson, PhD, ABPP, chief of the Health Science Center’s Division of Behavioral Medicine in the School of Medicine’s Psychiatry Department. Dr. Peterson, a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel, has directed STRONG STAR since its creation in 2008 with $35 million in initial funding from the U.S. Department of Defense. Dr. Peterson also directs the Consortium to Alleviate PTSD, announced by President Obama in 2013 after its creation with $45 million in funding from the U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. Along with additional funding from the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Peterson oversees the world's largest research network specializing in the psychological wounds of war. This research network has over 150 military, civilian and VA collaborators from more than 40 partnering institutions conducting 25-plus studies focused on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of PTSD and related conditions. It has earned the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio status as the international leader in a critical research area. PTSD stands out as a signature wound of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan – affecting approximately one in seven who served in the U.S. military there, or about 350,000 people affected.
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External link for STRONG STAR Consortium
- Industry
- Research Services
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- San Antonio, TX
- Type
- Educational
- Founded
- 2008
- Specialties
- Psychological research and Psychotherapy
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7550 IH-10 West, Suite 1325
San Antonio, TX 78229, US
Employees at STRONG STAR Consortium
Updates
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SAVE THE DATE - 10th Annual San Antonio Combat PTSD Conference, to be held 20-21 October 2025 at the San Antonio Westin Riverwalk. Mark your calendars and make plans now to join us for this premier scientific meeting, focused on the psychological needs of the warfighter. Come hear the state-of-the-science on the assessment and treatment of PTSD and other related psychological health conditions that affect our military service members and veterans. Follow us for the latest information at https://lnkd.in/dQSUh4a
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Could the augmentation of evidence-based psychotherapy with the psychedelic MDMA improve PTSD treatment outcomes and lead more people to remission? STRONG STAR researchers aim to find out in a new study with active duty military led by UT Health San Antonio in collaboration with Emory University School of Medicine. Funding comes from the Department of Defense as part its first-ever financial commitment to clinical trials focused on modern psychedelics. https://lnkd.in/gpJnvGw5 #PTSD #MDMA #psychedelics #research #therapy #treatment #military #PosttraumaticStressDisorder #ProlongedExposure #PE #trauma #recovery
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Join an exciting team & grow professionally as you help advance research and clinical care for military, veterans & their families. STRONG STAR at UT Health San Antonio is actively recruiting for postdoctoral fellow positions at its Fort Cavazos site in Killeen, TX. Many faculty & staff currently commute from the Waco, Austin & Georgetown areas. Post docs will support projects testing innovations in suicide prevention and treatment for sleep problems and PTSD while working with faculty who are leaders in the field. Learn more & apply today! Visit https://lnkd.in/g9fcDghd Current STRONG STAR Studies at Fort Cavazos: Augmenting Massed Cognitive Processing Therapy to Prevent Suicide Risk Among Patients with PTSD; PI Dr Craig Bryan, The Ohio State University. Accelerated Treatment for Co-occurring Insomnia, Nightmares, and PTSD; PI: Dr Carmen McLean, Stanford University and the National Center for PTSD at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. Combining Stellate Ganglion Block with Prolonged Exposure For PTSD: A Randomized Clinical Trial; PI: Dr. Alan Peterson, UT Health San Antonio. #careers #psychology #postdoc #postdoctoralfellow #behavioralhealth #military #veterans #ptsd #suicide #sleep #sleepproblems #insomnia #nightmares #research
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Is there help for recurring nightmares after a traumatic experience? In this episode of Texas Public Radio's "Science & Medicine," STRONG STAR investigator and UT Health San Antonio faculty member Kristi Pruiksma, PhD, explains how cognitive behavioral therapy for nightmares can be used to help people take control over their dreams. https://lnkd.in/gU4eg2Rg #nightmares #trauma #therapy #CognitiveBehavioralTherapy #CBTN
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Wonderful work being done by the STRONG STAR Training Initiative. Check out their latest impact report.
Explore the impact we’ve made together in 2024! ✨🫶 As we step into 2025, we want to reflect on the tremendous milestones we've reached in the past year. Your support and collaboration, as well as the continued generosity of our funders, have made these achievements possible: Since our inception in 2017, we’ve achieved: ❇️ A total of over 4,500 mental health clinicians trained ❇️ More than 40,000 sessions of PTSD treatment delivered ❇️ Over 55,000 hours of Continuing Education provided For more details and highlights, check out our official 2024 Impact Report: https://lnkd.in/g9NtQYbn #PTSD #MentalHealth #ImpactReport #HealthCare
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Expert consensus panel including STRONG STAR investigators issues guidelines for the standardized implementation and terminology of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Nightmares (CBT-N). Read the advance online publication in Behavioral Sleep Medicine. https://lnkd.in/gBZ33WQc #sleep #nightmares #treatment #CBTN #guidelines
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You may have heard that #DeepBreathing exercises can have #MentalHealth benefits and even help improve #PTSD symptoms. In fact, these exercises are incorporated into cognitive behavioral therapy practices and can help reduce #anxiety, manage #stress responses, decrease hypervigilance, promote #relaxation, and improve overall emotional regulation. So how do you do it? Simply follow the steps in this infographic.
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Conference keynote speaker Craig Bryan discusses the current state-of-the-science in and effective treatments for suicide prevention, and Air Force veteran Nancy Dickinson encourages others to seek the life-saving help she did in this KSAT-12 News story about the 9th Annual San Antonio Combat PTSD Conference. See the story here: https://lnkd.in/g6jjXD7C #combatptsd2024