Citation

Held P, Coleman JA, Petrey K, Klassen BJ, Pridgen S, Bravo K, Smith DL, Van Horn R. Psychol. Trauma 2021; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, American Psychological Association)

DOI

10.1037/tra0001106

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Evidence-based treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be effectively delivered over telehealth. There are, however, no studies that examine the effectiveness of delivering evidence-based treatments for PTSD in an intensive format via telehealth. Telehealth may be well-suited as a delivery modality because it may address barriers specific to intensive treatments.

METHOD: To address this gap, we report on a case series of ten consecutively enrolled veterans (60% male; mean age 42.3, SD = 6.3) who participated in a virtual 2-week, cognitive processing therapy (CPT)-based intensive program.

RESULTS: All (100%) participants completed treatment and reported large reductions in PTSD and depression symptoms pre- to posttreatment (Hedge's g(ws) = 2.83 and g(ws) = 1.97, respectively), pre- to 3-month follow-up (Hedge's gws =.99 and g(ws) = 1.24, respectively), as well as very high satisfaction.

CONCLUSIONS: Results of this case series suggest that evidence-based treatments for PTSD can be effectively delivered in intensive formats over telehealth and lay the foundation for more rigorously designed and larger scale research comparing virtual to in-person delivered intensive PTSD treatments. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

Language: en