The effect of time since index trauma on trauma-related beliefs.

Travis A Cole Lillian ReumanDaniel J LeeChelsea Shotwell TabkeBrian P MarxDenise M Sloan

Published in: Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy (2022)

These results indicate that trauma-focused therapies become less potent in reducing trauma-related beliefs as time progresses since trauma exposure, particularly in CPT, for beliefs about the world. Results indicate PTSD treatment should be provided in closer proximity to trauma exposure before negative trauma-related beliefs become inflexible. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

Keyphrases

trauma patients
emergency department
depressive symptoms
drug induced
combination therapy
posttraumatic stress disorder