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Trial reportPsychotherapy (Chicago, Ill.)2026

Acceptance and commitment therapy for moral injury (ACT-MI) and present-centered therapy for moral injury (PCT-MI): Results from a randomized controlled pilot trial with war zone deployed veterans.

Lauren M Borges, Jacob K Farnsworth, Robyn D Walser, Kent D Drescher, Jeri E Forster, Lisa A Brenner, Jacob P S Johnson, Christin N Miller, Gabriel E Aharoni, Craig S Rosen and 3 more

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Psychotherapy (Chicago, Ill.), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Lauren M BorgesRocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center for Veteran Suicide Prevention.
Jacob K FarnsworthRocky Mountain Regional Veterans Affairs Medical Center.ORCID 0000-0001-6385-0297
Robyn D WalserNational Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Dissemination and Training Division, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System.ORCID 0000-0002-4264-5398
Kent D DrescherNational Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Dissemination and Training Division, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System.ORCID 0000-0001-8386-1057
Jeri E ForsterRocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center for Veteran Suicide Prevention.ORCID 0000-0002-7955-9127
Lisa A BrennerDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.ORCID 0000-0002-2629-214X
Jacob P S JohnsonRocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center for Veteran Suicide Prevention.
Christin N MillerRocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center for Veteran Suicide Prevention.ORCID 0000-0003-4574-9886
Gabriel E AharoniRocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center for Veteran Suicide Prevention.ORCID 0009-0000-3465-8706
Craig S RosenNational Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Dissemination and Training Division, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System.
Jason A NieuwsmaDepartment of Veterans Affairs.
Joseph M CurrierDepartment of Psychology, University of South Alabama.ORCID 0000-0002-8843-2996
Sean M BarnesRocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center for Veteran Suicide Prevention.ORCID 0000-0002-6010-4421

Funding

Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical CenterRRD VA I01 RX002854US Department of Veterans Affairs; Department of Rehabilitation Research and Development
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acceptance and commitment therapy for moral injury (ACT-MI) and present-centered therapy for moral injury (PCT-MI) were developed and piloted through the study. ACT-MI was created to improve psychosocial functioning among veterans experiencing moral injury. PCT-MI was developed as a transdiagnostic process-based moral injury intervention and an active comparison condition for a future ACT-MI efficacy trial. A randomized controlled pilot trial was conducted where 74 war zone-deployed veterans were randomized to ACT-MI or PCT-MI. Aims were to test the acceptability of ACT-MI and PCT-MI, evaluate study design feasibility, and determine candidate outcomes and sample size for a future efficacy trial. ACT-MI and PCT-MI are 15-session psychotherapies, including group (12 sessions) and individual case conceptualization (three sessions) sessions. ACT-MI was acceptable to veterans as evidenced by Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ) scores (

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Acceptance and Commitment TherapyMoralsStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticVeteransAdultFeasibility StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPilot Projects

Identifiers

PMID42507361
PMCPMC13410988

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