Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (DBT-PTSD) Compared With Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) in Complex Presentations of PTSD in Women Survivors of Childhood Abuse: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Childhood abuse significantly increases the risk of developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), often accompanied by symptoms of borderline personality disorder (BPD) and other co-occurring mental disorders. Despite the high prevalence, systematic evaluations of evidence-based treatments for PTSD after childhood abuse are sparse.

Objective

To compare the efficacy of dialectical behavior therapy for PTSD (DBT-PTSD), a new, specifically designed, phase-based treatment program, against that of cognitive processing therapy (CPT), one of the best empirically supported treatments for PTSD.

Design, setting, and participants

From January 2014 to October 2016, women who sought treatment were included in a multicenter randomized clinical trial with blinded outco

SUBMITTER: Bohus M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7376475 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature