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Area of Science:

  • Psychiatry
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Evidence-Based Practice

Background:

  • Clinical guidelines recommend cognitive behavioral therapies for PTSD.
  • Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is an evidence-based treatment for trauma.
  • The VA is disseminating CPT to improve access to evidence-based care.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide an overview of CPT.
  • To review efficacy and program evaluation data for CPT.
  • To report on VA CPT initiative data.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing efficacy and program evaluation data.
  • Analysis of survey data from VA CPT initiative participants.
  • Evaluation of patient outcomes treated by rollout-trained therapists.

Main Results:

  • Clinicians trained in the VA CPT rollout demonstrated good adoption of the CPT model.
  • Patients treated by rollout-trained therapists showed significant improvements in PTSD and depressive symptoms.
  • CPT is effective in various clinical settings.

Conclusions:

  • The VA CPT dissemination initiative shows promise.
  • CPT is a viable and effective treatment for PTSD in the VA system.
  • Recommendations are provided for implementing CPT in clinical practice.