Pretreatment Characteristics Associated With Symptom Reduction During Group Cognitive Processing Therapy Versus Exposure Therapy for PTSD: An Exploratory Study of Veterans

Authors

• Christopher Hunt
• Brooks Casas
• Pearl H Chiu
• Lia J Smith
• Laura Priorello
• Kelly Lee
• Matthew Estey
• Mary R Newsome
• M Wright Williams

Language

English

Publication Date

1-1-2024

Journal

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

DOI

10.1080/16506073.2023.2268277

PMID

37969001

PMCID

PMC10842083

PubMedCentral® Posted Date

1-2-2025

PubMedCentral® Full Text Version

Author MSS

Abstract

Exposure and cognitive-based therapies are both effective for PTSD, but knowledge of which intervention is best for which patient is lacking. This lack of knowledge is particularly noticeable for group treatments, as no study has examined whether responses to different group therapies are associated with different pretreatment characteristics. Here, we explored whether pretreatment levels of three types of psychological characteristics-PTSD symptom clusters, posttraumatic cognitions, and emotion regulation difficulties-were associated with symptom reduction during group-delivered cognitive versus exposure-based PTSD treatment. Participants were Veterans with PTSD drawn from two previous clinical trials: one of group CPT (GCPT;

Keywords

Humans, Veterans, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Implosive Therapy, Treatment Outcome, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Published Open-Access

yes

Recommended Citation

Hunt, Christopher; Casas, Brooks; Chiu, Pearl H; et al., "Pretreatment Characteristics Associated With Symptom Reduction During Group Cognitive Processing Therapy Versus Exposure Therapy for PTSD: An Exploratory Study of Veterans" (2024). Faculty, Staff and Students Publications. 5133.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/baylor_docs/5133