Long-term treatment gains of a brief exposure-based treatment for PTSD

Depression and Anxiety
Johanna Thompson-HollandsDenise M Sloan

Abstract

Written exposure therapy (WET) is a 5-session PTSD treatment that may address barriers in treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) given its brevity and tolerability. A recent study found outcomes for WET were non-inferior to outcomes from Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) through 36 weeks from first treatment session (Sloan, Marx, Lee, & Resick, 2018); the current study examined whether treatment gains were maintained through 60 weeks from first session, and also evaluated both treatments' effect on depressive symptoms. The study enrolled 126 individuals with PTSD randomized to WET or CPT. Assessments were conducted at baseline and 6, 12, 24, 36, and 60 weeks following the first treatment session. PTSD diagnosis and symptom severity were determined via the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 (CAPS-5), and depression symptoms were assessed using the Beck Depression Inventory-2. WET remained non-inferior to CPT through the 60 week assessment; the groups had a difference of less than 3 points in their total CAPS-5 scores, and within-condition effects on PTSD were large (WET d = 1.23; CPT d = 1.38). Both treatments significantly reduced depressive symptoms over the 60 week study, with the CPT group experiencing ...Continue Reading

References

Aug 3, 2004·The American Journal of Psychiatry·Meaghan L O'DonnellPhillipa Pattison
Jun 16, 2010·Clinical Psychology Review·Mark B PowersEdna B Foa
Jun 26, 2012·Journal of Traumatic Stress·Patricia A ResickErika J Wolf
Aug 7, 2012·Behaviour Research and Therapy·Denise M SloanMatthew W Gallagher
Jan 24, 2013·Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology·Zac E ImelTracy L Simpson
Mar 21, 2013·Behaviour Research and Therapy·Tara E GalovskiThomas Fletcher
Dec 29, 2017·Families, Systems & Health : the Journal of Collaborative Family Healthcare·Jeffrey A CigrangUNKNOWN STRONG STAR Consortium

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Jun 28, 2019·Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry·Johanna Thompson-HollandsDenise M Sloan
Jan 1, 2020·Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications·Denise M SloanUNKNOWN STRONG STAR Consortium
Jul 20, 2021·Biological Psychiatry·Murray B SteinUNKNOWN LOSe-PTSD Investigators

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Anxiety Disorders

Discover the latest research on anxiety disorders including agoraphobia, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder here.