Citation

Foa EB, Dancu CV, Hembree EA, Jaycox LH, Meadows EA, Street GP. J. Consult. Clin. Psychol. 1999; 67(2): 194-200.

Affiliation

Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, Medical College of Pennsylvania-Hahnemann University, Philadelphia 19129, USA. foa@auhs.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, American Psychological Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10224729

Abstract

Ninety-six female assault victims with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were randomly assigned to 4 treatment conditions: prolonged exposure (PE), stress inoculation training (SIT), combined treatment (PE-SIT), or wait-list control (WL). Treatment consisted of 9 twice-weekly, individual sessions. Independent evaluations were conducted at pretreatment; posttreatment; and 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-ups. All 3 active treatments reduced severity of PTSD and depression compared with WL but did not differ significantly from each other, and these gains were maintained throughout the follow-up period. However, in the intent-to-treat sample, PE was superior to SIT and PE-SIT on posttreatment anxiety and global social adjustment at follow-up and had larger effect sizes on PTSD severity, depression, and anxiety. SIT and PE-SIT did not differ significantly from each other on any outcome measure.

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