Accession Number:

AD1004092

Title:

Adaptive Disclosure: A Combat-Specific PTSD Treatment

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Annual Report]

Corporate Author:

BOSTON VA RESEARCH INST MA

Personal Author(s):

• Litz, Brett
• Wortmann, Jennifer

Report Date:

2015-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

5

Abstract:

Many service members exposed to combat and operational stressors develop posttraumatic stress disorder PTSD. Evidence-based interventions for treating PTSD, however, were not developed for military trauma and thus may be suboptimal for this population. This study compares Adaptive Disclosure, an intervention for Marines and Sailors with PTSD stemming from deployment experiences, to an empirically supported PTSD treatment. The report details the fifth year of work on this trial, in which we continued recruitment. The Boston team has principally been involved in conducting pre- and post-treatment psychosocial assessments that will be used to determine treatment efficacy.

Descriptors:

• therapeutics
• warfare
• mental health
• active duty
• afghanistan conflict
• biomedical research
• cognition
• combat injuries
• databases
• department of defense
• deployment
• health
• information operations
• international organizations
• intervention
• marine corps
• psychotherapy
• vietnam war
• employment
• management personnel

Subject Categories:

• Medicine and Medical Research
• Psychology

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]