Comparing Intensive Trauma-Focused Treatment Outcome on PTSD Symptom Severity in Older and Younger Adults.

Ellen M J GielkensAd de JonghSjacko SobczakGina RossiAgnes van MinnenEline M VoorendonkLinda RozendaalSebastiaan P J van Alphen

Published in: Journal of clinical medicine (2021)

The results suggest that intensive trauma-focused treatment is applicable for older adults with PTSD with a large within-effect size comparable to younger participants. Further research on age-related features is needed to examine whether these results can be replicated in the oldest-old (>80).

Keyphrases

community dwelling
posttraumatic stress disorder
middle aged
physical activity
social support
trauma patients
depressive symptoms
replacement therapy