1. An accelerated, weekend-based, prolonged exposure therapy program for veterans and service members with posttraumatic stress disorder
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Elyse A. Lynch, René M. Lento, Teodolinda Pique, Elizabeth M. Goetter, Kaloyan S. Tanev, Daria Mamon, Allyson M. Blackburn, and Thomas J. Spencer
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Treatment completion ,Prolonged exposure therapy ,business.industry ,Service member ,Mental health treatment ,Prolonged exposure ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Clinical Psychology ,Posttraumatic stress ,Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology ,Patient satisfaction ,Physical therapy ,Medicine ,business ,Depression (differential diagnoses) - Abstract
Accelerated models of care may be one solution to the problem of underutilization of mental health treatment in veterans. We report on a novel implementation of prolonged exposure (PE) therapy in a four-day, weekend-based intensive outpatient treatment program. Seventeen military veterans and service members (Mage = 45.23, SDage = 10.18; 76.47% male) completed the program. Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression were targeted in five separate cohorts. Given that this was an uncontrolled pilot study, we assessed patient satisfaction and treatment completion. In a completers analysis, PTSD and depression symptoms decreased significantly from pre- to posttreatment (p's
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- 2021
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