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Prolonged exposure for PTSD in a Veterans Health Administration PTSD clinic
Sheila A M Rauch1, Erin Defever, Todd Favorite
1Mental Health Service, Veterans Administration Ann Arbor Healthcare System and Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. sherauch@med.umich.edu
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.
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