Adaptive Disclosure: A Combat Specific PTSD Treatment

Abstract

Many service members exposed to combat and operational stressors develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Evidence-based interventions for treating PTSD, however, were not developed for military trauma and thus may be suboptimal for this population. This study compares Adaptive Disclosure, an intervention for Marines and Sailors with PTSD stemming from deployment experiences, to an empirically supported PTSD treatment. The report details the fifth year of work on this trial, in which we continued recruitment. The Boston team has principally been involved in conducting pre- and post-treatment psychosocial assessments that will be used to determine treatment efficacy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 31, 2017
Accession Number
AD1038951

Entities

People

  • Brett T Litz
  • Danielle Berke
  • Julie Yeterian

Organizations

  • Boston VA Research Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Agreements
  • Biomedical Research
  • Cognition
  • Combat Injuries
  • Data Analysis
  • Deployment
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Electronic Mail
  • Employment
  • Intervention
  • Management Personnel
  • Marine Corps
  • Psychotherapy
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Mental Health of Military Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Risk Factors, Prevalence, Symptoms, and Treatment.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.