Comparison of Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) for Treatment of Symptoms of PTSD and Sexual Trauma Between Civilian and Military Adults. Issue 9 (1st September 2015)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Comparison of Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) for Treatment of Symptoms of PTSD and Sexual Trauma Between Civilian and Military Adults. Issue 9 (1st September 2015)
- Main Title:
- Comparison of Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) for Treatment of Symptoms of PTSD and Sexual Trauma Between Civilian and Military Adults
- Authors:
- Kip, Kevin E.
Hernandez, Diego F.
Shuman, Amy
Witt, Ann
Diamond, David M.
Davis, Sheryl
Kip, Ryan
Abhayakumar, Alisha
Wittenberg, Trudy
Girling, Sue Ann
Witt, Steve
Rosenzweig, Laney - Abstract:
- ABSTRACT: Objective: First-line psychotherapies for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were principally validated in civilian populations. We compared treatment of symptoms of psychological trauma between civilian and military adults by use of Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), an emerging, brief exposure-based therapy. Methods: We pooled individual patient data from two recently completed studies of ART. Treatment response for symptoms of PTSD was compared by civilian versus military status, stratified by gender and history of sexual trauma. Results: Mean age was 40.7 years in civilians ( n = 62) vs. 42.2 years in military participants ( n = 51). Mean PCL (PTSD) scores before/after treatment with ART were 53.2/30.2 among civilians compared with 56.0/40.5 among military participants (adjusted p = 0.25). Over follow-up ( n = 91), there was an apparent greater reduction among civilians in Intrusive ( p = 0.03) and Numbing symptoms ( p = 0.01), but not in Arousal ( p = 0.99) or Avoidance ( p = 0.19) symptoms. Among females with sexual trauma, mean reductions on the PCL were substantial in civilian (−22.5 ± 16.7) and military (−21.2 ± 12.7) participants ( p = 0.87). Conclusions: In an average of <4 treatment sessions, treatment with ART results in meaningful reductions in symptoms of PTSD in civilian and military patients. The suggestion of stronger response among civilians may owe to differential clinical presentation and trauma exposure history among military personnel.
- Is Part Of:
- Military medicine. Volume 180:Issue 9(2015)
- Journal:
- Military medicine
- Issue:
- Volume 180:Issue 9(2015)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 180, Issue 9 (2015)
- Year:
- 2015
- Volume:
- 180
- Issue:
- 9
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2015-0180-0009-0000
- Page Start:
- 964
- Page End:
- 971
- Publication Date:
- 2015-09-01
- Subjects:
- Surgery, Military -- Societies, etc
Medicine, Military -- Societies, etc
Medicine, Military -- Periodicals
Surgery, Military -- Periodicals
Medicine, Military
Surgery, Military
Military Medicine -- Periodicals
Periodicals
Electronic journals
616.98023 - Journal URLs:
- https://academic.oup.com/milmed ↗
http://www.amsus.org/MilitaryMedicine/Milmed.htm ↗
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/amsus/zmm ↗
http://www.oxfordjournals.org/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.7205/MILMED-D-14-00307 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0026-4075
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- Legaldeposit
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