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Disorders - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Deblinger, E., Steer, R. A., Lippmann, J.
Objective: The present study sought to determine whether the 12-session pre- to posttest therapeutic gains that had been found by Deblinger, Lippmann, and Steer (1996a) for an initial sample of 100 sexually abused children suffering posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms would be sustained 2 years after treatment.Method: These sexually abused children, along with their nonoffending mothers, had been randomly assigned to one of three cognitive-behavioral treatment conditions, child only, mother only, or mother and child, or a community comparison condition, and were followed for 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years after treatment.Results: A series of repeated MANCOVAs, controlling for the pre-test scores, indicated that for the three measures of psychopathology that had significantly decreased in the original study (i.e., externalizing behavior problems, depression, and PTSD symptoms), these measures at 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years were comparable to the posttest scores.Conclusions: These findings suggest that the pre- to post-treatment improvements held across the 2-year follow-up period. The clinical and research implications of these findings are discussed. Copyright (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Inc.
Child Abuse & Neglect, 23(12) : 1371-1378
- Year: 1999
- Problem: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Type: Randomised controlled trials
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Stage: At risk (indicated or selected prevention)
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Treatment and intervention: Psychological Interventions (any)
, Cognitive & behavioural therapies (CBT)
Scheck, M. M., Schaeffer, J. A., Gillette, C.
To study the efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) with traumatized young women, 60 women between the ages of 16 and 25 were randomly assigned to two sessions of either EMDR or an active listening (AL) control. Factorial ANOVA interaction effects and simple main effects for outcome measures (Beck Depression Inventory, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Penn Inventory for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Impact of Event Scale, Tennessee Self-Concept Scale) indicated significant improvement for both groups and significantly greater pre-post change for EMDR-treated participants. Pre-post effect sizes for the EMDR group averaged 1.56 compared to 0.65 for the AL group. Despite treatment brevity, the posttreatment outcome variable means of EMDR-treated participants compared favorably with nonpatient or successfully treated norm groups on all measures.
Journal of Traumatic Stress, 11(1) : 25-44
- Year: 1998
- Problem: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Type: Randomised controlled trials
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Stage: At risk (indicated or selected prevention)
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Treatment and intervention: Psychological Interventions (any)
, Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR)
Echeburua, E., DeCorral, P., Zubizarreta, I., Sarasua, B.
The aim of this research was to test the comparative effectiveness of two therapeutic modalities in the treatment of chronic posttraumatic stress disorder in victims of sexual aggression: (a) self-exposure and cognitive restructuring and (b) progressive relaxation training. The sample consisted o f 20 patients (victims of rape in adulthood or adult victims of childhood sexual abuse) selected according to DSM-III-R criteria. A multigroup experimental design with repeated measures (pretreatment, posttreatment, and 1-, 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-up) was used. Most treated patients improved, but the success rate was higher in all measures in the exposure and cognitive restructuring group immediately on posttreatment arid at follow-up. Implications of this study for clinical practice and future research in this field are commented on.
Behavior Modification, 21(4) : 433-456
- Year: 1997
- Problem: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Type: Randomised controlled trials
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Stage: Disorder established (diagnosed disorder)
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Treatment and intervention: Complementary & Alternative Interventions (CAM)
, Psychological Interventions (any)
, Exposure therapy, Exposure and response prevention, Other Psychological Interventions, Relaxation
Echeburua, E., DeCorral, P., Sarasua, B., Zubizarreta, I.
The aim of this study was to test the comparative effectiveness of two therapeutic modalities of 5 one-hr sessions [(a) cognitive restructuring and specific coping-skills training and (b) progressive relaxation training] in the treatment of acute posttraumatic stress disorder in victims of sexual aggression. The sample consisted of 20 patients selected according to DSM-III-R criteria. A two-group experimental design with repeated measures (pretreatment, posttreatment, and 1-, 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-up) was used. Most treated patients improved in all measures immediately upon postreatment and in follow-up. There were no differences between the two modalities in the posttreatment. However, in the 12-month follow-up the first group produced superior outcome in PTSD symptoms, but not in other measures. Implications of this study for clinical practice and future research in this field are discussed.
Journal of Anxiety Disorders., 10(3) : 185-199
- Year: 1996
- Problem: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Type: Randomised controlled trials
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Stage: Disorder established (diagnosed disorder)
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Treatment and intervention: Complementary & Alternative Interventions (CAM)
, Psychological Interventions (any)
, Other Psychological Interventions, Relaxation
Field T, Seligman S, Scafidi F, Schanberg S
Examined whether massage therapy might reduce the anxiety and depression levels of children as measured by behavioral observations, their drawings, and their cortisol levels. 60 1st-5th graders who showed classroom behavior problems following Hurricane Andrew were randomly assigned to a massage therapy (MT) or a video attention (VA) group. Scores on the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Reaction Index suggest the Subjects were experiencing severe posttraumatic stress. Subjects who received MT reported being happier and less anxious and had lower salivary cortisol levels after the therapy than VA Subjects. The MT group showed more sustained changes as manifested by lower scores for anxiety, depression, and self-drawings. MT Subjects were also observed to be more relaxed.
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, :
- Year: 1996
- Problem: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Type: Randomised controlled trials
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Stage: At risk (indicated or selected prevention)
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Treatment and intervention: Complementary & Alternative Interventions (CAM)
, Massage