𝔖 Bobbio Scriptorium
✦   LIBER   ✦

Imagery rehearsal for posttraumatic nightmares: A randomized controlled trial

✍ Scribed by Joan M. Cook; Gerlinde C. Harb; Philip R. Gehrman; Mark S. Cary; Geraldine M. Gamble; David Forbes; Richard J. Ross

Book ID
102443724
Publisher
Springer
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Weight
133 KB
Volume
23
Category
Article
ISSN
0894-9867

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

One hundred twenty‐four male Vietnam War veterans with chronic, severe posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were randomly assigned to imagery rehearsal (n = 61) or a credible active comparison condition (n = 63) for the treatment of combat‐related nightmares. There was pre‐post change in overall sleep quality and PTSD symptoms for both groups, but not in nightmare frequency. Intent‐to‐treat analyses showed that veterans who received imagery rehearsal had not improved significantly more than veterans in the comparison condition for the primary outcomes (nightmare frequency and sleep quality), or for a number of secondary outcomes, including PTSD. Six sessions of imagery rehearsal delivered in group format did not produce substantive improvement in Vietnam War veterans with chronic, severe PTSD. Possible explanations for findings are discussed.

📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES

Imagery rehearsal therapy for posttrauma
Imagery rehearsal therapy for posttraumatic nightmares in U.S. veterans
✍ Mary Lu; Amy Wagner; Lynn Van Male; Ashlee Whitehead; James Boehnlein 📂 Article 📅 2009 🏛 Springer 🌐 English ⚖ 71 KB

## Abstract Imagery rehearsal therapy (IRT) may help reduce residual nightmares and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in veterans after trauma‐focused PTSD treatment. Fifteen male U.S. veterans with PTSD and trauma‐related nightmares, who had not previously completed trauma‐focused PTSD

Randomized controlled trial of Internet-
Randomized controlled trial of Internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder
✍ Jay Spence; Nickolai Titov; Blake F. Dear; Luke Johnston; Karen Solley; Carolyn 📂 Article 📅 2011 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 141 KB

## Background: Posttraumatic stress disorder (ptsd) is a severe and disabling condition and few receive appropriate care. internet-based treatment of ptsd shows promise in reducing barriers to care and preliminary evidence suggests it is efficacious in treating symptoms of ptsd. ## Methodology: F