Campbell Melissa, Decker Kathleen P, Kruk Kerry, Deaver Sarah P
Art therapist at the University Neuro-psychiatric Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.
Staff psychiatrist at the Hampton VA Medical Center, Hampton, VA, and faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry at Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk.
Art Ther (Alex). 2016;33(4):169-177. doi: 10.1080/07421656.2016.1226643. Epub 2016 Oct 20.
This randomized controlled trial was designed to determine if art therapy in conjunction with Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) was more effective for reducing symptoms of combat posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) than CPT alone. Veterans ( = 11) were randomized to receive either individual CPT, or individual CPT in conjunction with individual art therapy. PTSD Checklist-Military Version and Beck Depression Inventory-II scores improved with treatment in both groups with no significant difference in improvement between the experimental and control groups. Art therapy in conjunction with CPT was found to improve trauma processing and veterans considered it to be an important part of their treatment as it provided healthy distancing, enhanced trauma recall, and increased access to emotions.
这项随机对照试验旨在确定艺术疗法与认知加工疗法（CPT）相结合在减轻战斗创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）症状方面是否比单独使用CPT更有效。11名退伍军人被随机分配接受个体CPT，或个体CPT与个体艺术疗法相结合的治疗。两组患者在治疗后，创伤后应激障碍检查表-军事版和贝克抑郁量表-II得分均有所改善，实验组和对照组在改善程度上无显著差异。研究发现，艺术疗法与CPT相结合可改善创伤处理，退伍军人认为这是他们治疗的重要组成部分，因为它提供了健康的距离感，增强了创伤回忆，并增加了情感表达。
