Peer support during in vivo exposure homework to reverse attrition from prolonged exposure therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD): description of a randomized controlled trial
Abstract
Effective treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (e.g., prolonged exposure (PE); cognitive processing therapy (CPT)) exist and are widely adopted by the Departments of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Defense (DoD). Unfortunately, dropout from these treatments regularly exceeds 30%. However, in a recent survey of patients who dropped out of PE, approximately half indicated a greater likelihood of completion if a peer who had completed treatment were available to help with the in vivo exposure homework.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Apr 28, 2020
- Source ID
- 10.1186/s13063-020-04302-5
Entities
People
- Edna B. Foa
- Matthew Price
- Melba A Hernandez-Tejada
- Ron Acierno
- Stephanie Hamski
- Stephanie M Hart
- Wendy Muzzy