title: An alternative interpretation of "intensive" PTSD treatment failures.
abstract: An evaluation of program failures in the treatment of combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder has led some reviewers to conclude that the focus of treatment should be shifted away from combat trauma and directed toward other problems. A more detailed examination of these programs reveals that they rarely involve the systematic use of the most soundly-validated PTSD treatment, trauma-focused therapy.
authors.affiliation: VA Medical Center, Coatesville, Pennsylvania 19320, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rogers
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology; D014857:Warfare