Treatment for combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder: Two-year follow-up

✍ Scribed by Mark Creamer; Peter Elliott; David Forbes; Dirk Biddle; Graeme Hawthorne

• Book ID: 102449443
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 145 KB
• Volume: 19
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0894-9867
• DOI: 10.1002/jts.20155

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

This study reports on outcomes 2 years following completion of specialist veteran posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment programs in 2,223 (reduced to 1,508 at 24 months) consecutive admissions. Self‐report measures of PTSD, anxiety, depression, anger, alcohol use, and general functioning were obtained at admission, 6, 12, and 24 months after admission. Significant improvements were demonstrated at 6 months, with smaller gains continuing through to 24‐month assessment. Within subject effect sizes of around 0.8 were obtained for PTSD and around 0.5 for anxiety and depression. Although lack of a control group limits the extent to which improvements can be attributed to the treatment program, the data suggest that specialized treatment programs for combat‐related PTSD continue to be of value.