Evaluation of cognitive restructuring for post-traumatic stress disorder in people with severe mental illness.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) programme designed for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in people with severe mental illness, including breathing retraining, education and cognitive restructuring, was shown to be more effective than usual services.

Aims

To evaluate the incremental benefit of adding cognitive restructuring to the breathing retraining and education components of the CBT programme (trial registration: clinicaltrials.gov identifier: NCT00494650).

Method

In all, 201 people with severe mental illness and PTSD were randomised to 12- to 16-session CBT or a 3-session brief treatment programme (breathing retraining and education). The primary outcome was PTSD symptom severity. Secondary outcomes were PTSD diagnosis, other symptoms, functio

SUBMITTER: Mueser KT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4450219 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature