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Evidence-based treatments for PTSD, new directions, and special challenges
This paper provides a current review of existing evidence‐based treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), with a description of psychopharmacologic options, prolonged exposure therapy, cognitive processing therapy, and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, especially as they pert...
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Published in: | Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2010-10, Vol.1208 (1), p.82-89 |
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Main Authors: | , , , |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | This paper provides a current review of existing evidence‐based treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), with a description of psychopharmacologic options, prolonged exposure therapy, cognitive processing therapy, and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, especially as they pertain to military populations. It further offers a brief summary of promising treatments with a developing evidence base, encompassing both psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy. Finally, challenges to the treatment of PTSD are summarized and future directions suggested. |
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ISSN: | 0077-8923 1749-6632 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05793.x |