Session-level effects of cognitive processing therapy and prolonged exposure on individual symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder among U.S. veterans.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare the course of change in individual posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms during prolonged exposure therapy (PE) and cognitive processing therapy (CPT).

Method

We analyzed data from a previously published randomized clinical trial comparing PE and CPT among male and female U.S. military veterans with PTSD (Schnurr et al., 2022). Using data from a self-rated PTSD symptom measure administered before each therapy session, we evaluated individual symptom change from pretreatment to final therapy session (N = 802). Then, using network intervention analysis, we modeled session-by-session PTSD symptom networks that included treatment allocation (CPT vs. PE) as a node in the networks, allowing us to compare individual symptom change following each

SUBMITTER: Moshier SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12478573 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature