Treating PTSD: A review of evidence-based psychotherapy interventions

LE Watkins, KR Sprang, BO Rothbaum - Frontiers in behavioral …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a chronic, often debilitating mental health disorder
that may develop after a traumatic life event. Fortunately, effective psychological treatments …

Acceptability of healthcare interventions: an overview of reviews and development of a theoretical framework

M Sekhon, M Cartwright, JJ Francis - BMC health services research, 2017 - Springer
Background It is increasingly acknowledged that 'acceptability'should be considered when
designing, evaluating and implementing healthcare interventions. However, the published …

Virtual reality exposure therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD): a meta-analysis

OD Kothgassner, A Goreis, JX Kafka… - European journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Contrary to specific phobias, for which Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy (VRET) constitutes
an effective treatment, uncertainty still exists regarding the usefulness of VRET for …

Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS): psychometric properties of the online Spanish version in a clinical sample with emotional disorders

A Díaz-García, A González-Robles, S Mor, A Mira… - BMC psychiatry, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) is the most widely
and frequently used scale to assess positive and negative affect. The PANAS has been …

[HTML][HTML] The problem of dropout from “gold standard” PTSD therapies

LM Najavits - F1000prime reports, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Understanding of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has increased substantially in the
past several decades. There is now more awareness of the many different types of trauma …

When do trauma experts choose exposure therapy for PTSD patients? A controlled study of therapist and patient factors

A van Minnen, L Hendriks, M Olff - Behaviour research and therapy, 2010 - Elsevier
To investigate when and why therapists opt for or rule out imaginal exposure (IE) for patients
with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), 255 trauma experts were randomized to two …

Virtual reality in mental health: a review of the literature

L Gregg, N Tarrier - Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 2007 - Springer
Background Several virtual reality (VR) applications for the understanding, assessment and
treatment of mental health problems have been developed in the last 10 years. The purpose …

Psychosocial treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder

EB Foa - Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 2000 - psychiatrist.com
This article reviews empirically validated psychosocial treatments for posttraumatic stress
disorder (PTSD) and considers factors associated with successful therapy outcome. Most of …

Assessment of preferences for treatment: validation of a measure

S Sidani, DR Epstein, RR Bootzin… - Research in nursing …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Systematic measurement of treatment preferences is needed to obtain well‐informed
preferences. Guided by a conceptualization of treatment preferences, a measure was …

Acceptability of internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (i-CBT) for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): a systematic review

N Simon, L McGillivray, NP Roberts… - European journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Background: Internet-delivered Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (i-CBT) offers
potential as an alternative, accessible, clinically and cost-effective treatment for post …