A preliminary examination of treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder in chronic pain patients: A case study

Manualized treatments have become popular, despite concern about their use when comorbid diagnoses are present. In this report, the efficacy of manualized posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment was examined in the presence of chronic pain. Additionally, the effect of PTSD treatment on chroni...

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Published in:Journal of traumatic stress 2003-10, Vol.16 (5), p.451-457
Main Authors: Shipherd, Jillian C., Beck, J. Gayle, Hamblen, Jessica L., Lackner, Jeffrey M., Freeman, Jennifer B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accidents, Traffic
Adult
Behavior therapy. Cognitive therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Chronic Disease
chronic pain
Cognitive Therapy
comorbid conditions
Female
Humans
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Pain - complications
Pain - psychology
posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Relaxation Therapy
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - therapy
treatment
Treatment Outcome
Treatments
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Summary:Manualized treatments have become popular, despite concern about their use when comorbid diagnoses are present. In this report, the efficacy of manualized posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment was examined in the presence of chronic pain. Additionally, the effect of PTSD treatment on chronic pain and additional psychiatric diagnoses was explored. Six female patients with both PTSD and chronic pain following motor vehicle accidents were treated for PTSD using a multiple baseline design. The results indicate that manualized treatment for PTSD was effective in reducing PTSD symptoms in these patients. Although there were no changes in subjective pain, there were pain‐related functional improvements and reductions in other psychiatric diagnoses for the majority of patients.
ISSN:0894-9867
1573-6598
DOI:10.1023/A:1025754310462