The Use of a Brief Family Intervention to Reduce Dropout Among Veterans in Individual Trauma-Focused Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT: Dropout from trauma-focused treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) represents a daunting challenge for the field, particularly among military and veteran samples. Family involvement may help to increase the effectiveness of PTSD treatment while also improving retention. We tested a two-session brief family intervention (BFI) protocol delivered as an adjunct to individual trauma-focused treatment among a sample of 20 veteran-family member dyads (N = 40). Willingness to participate in the family-inclusive protocol was high, with over 85% of veterans and family members who were screened agreeing to take part. All enrolled veterans were beginning a course of either cognitive processing therapy (CPT) or prolonged exposure (PE), delivered in outpatient Veterans Affairs clinics. Famil

SUBMITTER: Thompson-Hollands J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8555692 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature