The first article written on this blog, was about exploring what might be the best treatment for PTSD. Five years later the conclusions are similar. Paula Schnurr, and colleagues (2022) compared prolonged exposure (PE) and cognitive processing therapy (CPT). They had a sample of 916 veterans with military-related PTSD. Participants
In clinical practice being faced with co-morbidity is a common experience, and BPD-PTSD is one of these co-morbidities. The question of what to treat first or if co-morbidities should be treated concurrently was reviewed by a team out of Ryerson University, in Canada. Richard Zeifman and his team (2021) completed
This question was examined by Naomi Ennis, Iris Sijercic and Candice Monson in their systematic review: Trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapies for posttraumatic stress disorder under ongoing threat, published in 2021. Enis and colleagues highlighted that there is debate about using trauma focused therapy during risk of trauma reexposure when objective safety
Many clinicians fear that by treating PTSD they may push a client too far and trigger strong emotional reactions that lead to suicidal ideation, and an attempt. The increased risk for suicide in those experiencing from PTSD is well known for example, Gradus et al., 2010 studied of a large
To think that your client might be over reporting their symptoms may be sacrilege on many fronts for a therapist. van Minnen (2020) examined this potentially controversial area. They described that the assumption that clients are malingering or that somehow their overreporting would be a barrier to treatment has resulted
Intensive PTSD treatment over a short period of time has been shown to work and has been discussed in this blog earlier. This blog focuses on a study of military members, that compared two well known evidence based therapies. Elizabeth Goetter (2020) and her team examined the effectives of Prolonged
Heart attack or myocardial infarction is a health problem that many of us are aware of and often we know some one who has survived the event. It might be hard to believe that a heart attack and PTSD could be associated. However, the research as discussed below shows that
In an earlier article on this blog, cannabis use for the treatment of PTSD was discussed. Its consideration as a possible leading edge treatment was across the world media ( Australia, U.S., Canada, and the U.K. ). This included a publication of a study in Canada by Lake, and associates (2019) where they stated “there
Clinicians are often faced with comorbid presentations with PTSD. Grinage (2003) reported that at least one additional psychiatric disorder is present in 88.3 percent of men and 79.0 percent of women who have a history of PTSD. Recent research by at team from Flinders University, Angelakis and colleagues (2020) helps
Jennifer Smith, Aklile Workneh and Sanni Yaya (2020) completed a systematic review of the barriers and facilitators to help-seeking for individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder. They reported on ten themes that influence help seeking. These are good food for thought for therapists. Understanding, what factors may help or hinder a