Adaptive Disclosure: A Combat-Specific PTSD Treatment

Abstract

Many service members exposed to combat and operational stressors develop post-traumatic 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 third year of work on this trial in which we completed all legal/regulatory hurdles and began recruitment. The Boston team has principally been involved in conducting pre-and post-treatment psychological assessments that will be used to determine treatment efficacy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA598874

Entities

People

  • Brett T Litz
  • Maria M Steenkamp

Organizations

  • Boston VA Research Institute

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Active Duty
  • Availability
  • Biomedical Research
  • Classification
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Electronic Mail
  • Information Operations
  • Instructions
  • Marine Corps
  • Maryland
  • Monitoring
  • Security
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.
  • Systems Analysis and Design