An affect-management group for women with posttraumatic stress disorder and histories of childhood sexual abuse

✍ Scribed by Caron Zlotnick; Tracie M. Shea; Karen Rosen; Elizabeth Simpson; Kate Mulrenin; Ann Begin; Teri Pearlstein

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 703 KB
• Volume: 10
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0894-9867
• DOI: 10.1002/jts.2490100308

✦ Synopsis

Systematic research on effective treatment for survivors of childhood serual abuse with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is virtually non-aistent. The aim of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of a n affect-management treatment (AM) group to a wait list control condition for female survivors of childhood serual abuse with PTSD. Forty-eight female survivors of childhood saual abuse with PTSD were randomly assigned to either a 15-week affect-management treatment group or to a wait list control condition. All subjects received individual psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy for the duration of the study, and for at least 1-month prior to the study. Controlling f o r pretreatment scores, subjects who completed the affect-management treatment group (n = 17) reported significantly fewer posttreatment symptoms of PTSD and dissociation than subjects in the wait list control condition (n = 16). Our findings suggest that a n affect-management group treatment is beneficial as an adjunct to individual psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy for survivors of childhood saual abuse with PTSD,