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 fourth 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
Oct 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA612065

Entities

People

  • Brett T Litz
  • Jennifer H Wortmann

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.