Rauch Sheila A M, Defever Erin, Favorite Todd, Duroe Anne, Garrity Cecily, Martis Brian, Liberzon Israel
Mental Health Service, Veterans Administration Ann Arbor Healthcare System and Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
J Trauma Stress. 2009 Feb;22(1):60-4. doi: 10.1002/jts.20380.
With the move toward dissemination of empirically supported treatments in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), dissemination of additional data concerning the effectiveness of prolonged exposure (PE) among veterans is important. The authors present clinical treatment data from veterans with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treated in a VHA PTSD clinic (N = 10). Veterans demonstrated significant reductions in total PTSD symptoms from pre- to posttreatment. Returning veterans from the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq and other era veterans (Vietnam Veterans and military sexual trauma veterans) demonstrated significant reductions in PTSD. In addition, veterans demonstrated significant reductions in depression from pre- to posttreatment. In conclusion, PE is effective in reducing the symptoms of PTSD in veterans.
随着退伍军人健康管理局(VHA)朝着传播经验证有效的治疗方法迈进,传播更多关于退伍军人中长期暴露疗法(PE)有效性的数据非常重要。作者展示了在VHA创伤后应激障碍(PTSD)诊所接受治疗的慢性创伤后应激障碍退伍军人(N = 10)的临床治疗数据。退伍军人在治疗前到治疗后的PTSD总症状显著减少。从阿富汗和伊拉克冲突中归来的退伍军人以及其他时期的退伍军人(越南退伍军人和军事性创伤退伍军人)的PTSD症状显著减少。此外,退伍军人在治疗前到治疗后的抑郁症状也显著减少。总之,长期暴露疗法在减轻退伍军人的创伤后应激障碍症状方面是有效的。