Prolonged exposure for PTSD in a Veterans Health Administration PTSD clinic

作者：Sheila A. M. Rauch, Erin Defever, Todd Favorite, Anne Duroe, Cecily Garrity, Brian Martis, Israel Liberzon · 发表于：Journal of Traumatic Stress · 年份：2009 · DOI：10.1002/jts.20380 · 被引用次数：170 · 研究领域：Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research、Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout、Migration, Health and Trauma

With the move toward dissemination of empirically supported treatments in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), dissemination of additional data concerning the effectiveness of prolonged exposure (PE) among veterans is important. The authors present clinical treatment data from veterans with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treated in a VHA PTSD clinic (N = 10). Veterans demonstrated significant reductions in total PTSD symptoms from pre- to posttreatment. Returning veterans from the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq and other era veterans (Vietnam Veterans and military sexual trauma veterans) demonstrated significant reductions in PTSD. In addition, veterans demonstrated significant reductions in depression from pre- to posttreatment. In conclusion, PE is effective in reducing the symptoms of PTSD in veterans.