Group treatment for older veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.
1. Cultural history and age-related life tasks influence how PTSD affects older veterans and are essential areas that guide treatment intervention. 2. Group therapy can be a highly effective and efficient treatment modality for a cohort of elderly veterans with PTSD. 3. Interventions that normalize symptoms of PTSD and de-pathologize treatment, that foster support for persistence in treatment, and that emphasize review of material help engender positive treatment outcomes.
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Program, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Brecksville, Ohio 44141, USA.
Padin-Rivera
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D000368:Aged; D015988:Cohort Effect; D005852:Geriatric Psychiatry / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000208:ethnology; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000208:ethnology / Q000628:therapy*; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology*