Treatment for combat-related PTSD advances with method shown to be fast, effective jamanetworkopen
show an important step forward in treating the psychological injuries of war.
The research team, led by Alan Peterson, Ph.D., of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio , conducted the randomized clinical trial with 234 military personnel and veterans recruited from four locations in South and Central Texas. The effort was part of the work of the Consortium to Alleviate PTSD , a national network jointly funded by the U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs.
"Those initial results were encouraging, indicating that PE is effective for combat-related PTSD," said Dr. Peterson."But with much lower success rates than in civilians treated with this therapy, we wanted to make and test treatment adaptations potentially to address unique aspects of combat-related PTSD and improve outcomes," he said. That is what the current study did.
The comparison arm, called Massed-PE, had these treatment delivery changes only. The other arm, called Intensive Outpatient or IOP-PE, had several additional enhancements that researchers hypothesized would improve treatment outcomes with combat-related PTSD. Since long-term outcomes did not differ significantly, researchers say the additional investment of resources needed for the IOP-PE format may not be warranted, but the overall study findings are highly positive.
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