Prolonged exposure for PTSD in a Veterans Health Administration PTSD clinic. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • 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.

published proceedings

  • J Trauma Stress

author list (cited authors)

  • Rauch, S., Defever, E., Favorite, T., Duroe, A., Garrity, C., Martis, B., & Liberzon, I.

citation count

  • 116

complete list of authors

  • Rauch, Sheila AM||Defever, Erin||Favorite, Todd||Duroe, Anne||Garrity, Cecily||Martis, Brian||Liberzon, Israel

publication date

  • February 2009

publisher