Equine-Assisted Therapy for Veterans with PTSD: Manual Development and Preliminary Findings.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Equine-assisted therapy (EAT) for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has attracted great interest despite lacking empirical support, a manual, and a standardized protocol. Our team of experts in EAT and PTSD developed an eight-session group EAT treatment protocol for PTSD (EAT-PTSD) and administered it to two pilot groups of military veterans to assess initial effects.

Materials and methods

We describe the development of the treatment manual, which was used with two pilot groups of veterans. Protocol safety, feasibility, and acceptability were assessed by reported adverse events, treatment completion rates, and self-rated patient satisfaction. Preliminary data on PTSD, depressive, and anxiety symptoms and quality of life were collected pretreatment, midpoint,

SUBMITTER: Arnon S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7282489 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature