检查为什么治疗师在书面暴露治疗方案中添加会话,以及它是否改善治疗结果:混合方法分析
Denise M Sloan1, Christopher DeJesus1, Brian P Marx1
1National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System.
Psychological services
|March 20, 2025
概括
为创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 增加书面暴露疗法 (WET) 没有改善结果. 大多数接受额外WET治疗的患者没有显著减轻症状,这表明额外的治疗通常是不必要的.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
- 心理治疗研究 心理治疗研究
背景情况:
- 书面暴露疗法 (WET) 是治疗创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 的简短心理治疗方法.
- 治疗师有时会将WET扩展到其预期的五次会议之外.
- 增加WET课程的合理性和有效性需要研究.
研究的目的:
- 检查治疗师为什么添加WET课程的原因.
- 为了确定额外的WET课程是否可以改善PTSD的治疗结果.
- 了解治疗师在治疗灵活性方面的偏好.
主要方法:
- 在WET试验中,混合方法研究涉及77名客户和9名治疗师.
- 客户接受了5到7个WET课程.
- 定性访谈探讨了治疗师为修改会话的理由.
主要成果:
- 在5次会议和5次会议以上的组之间,PTSD症状严重程度轨迹没有显著差异.
- 只有15.7%的接受补充WET的客户表现出有意义的症状减轻.
- 治疗师指出客户回避和创伤复杂性是增加会议的原因.
结论:
- 在PTSD治疗中,添加超过五个WET会话通常是不必要的.
- 治疗师表示,他们更喜欢在治疗时提供灵活性.
- 研究结果表明,对大多数患者来说,遵守标准WET协议可能是最佳的.
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