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Group Based Exposure Therapy for Combat PTSD: RCT and Feasibility Study
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Group Based Exposure Therapy and Present Centered Group Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Completed, enrolled 81 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to determine if Group Based Exposure Therapy (GBET) is more effective than treatment as usual in reducing the symptoms of war-related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
GBET is a 16-week program during which patients attend group therapy twice a week for three hours of group per day and are required to make two war trauma presentations to their group. These are recorded and the patients are required to listen to these recordings a minimum of 10 times. There are generally 10 patients per group and through the combination of making their own presentations, listening to recordings of these presentations, and hearing the presentations of the other nine group members, there are over 60 hours of exposure. Patients also learn about PTSD symptoms, sleep hygiene, specific stress/anger management techniques, and ways to cognitively restructure trauma-related thinking.
Present Centered Group Therapy includes psych-education about PTSD and a problem solving "here and now" focus.