Veterans' Experiences of and Preferences for Patient-Centered, Measurement-Based PTSD Care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Up to 50% of veterans drop out of trauma-focused evidence-based psychotherapies (TF-EBP) without completing treatment or recovering; evidence suggests this is in part because their posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) care is insufficiently patient-centered. There is also evidence that measurement-based care (MBC) for mental health should be personalized to the patient, yet this is not common practice in VA PTSD care.

Objectives

To explore veterans' experiences and preferences for aligning measurement-based PTSD care with their own treatment goals.

Method

Qualitative interviews were conducted with veterans (n=15) with PTSD who had received at least 2 sessions of a TF-EBP.

Measures

Survey on the administration of outcomes questionnaires and demographi

SUBMITTER: Weber MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11548821 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature