Veterans who focus on sexual assault trauma show slower between-session habituation and symptom reduction during prolonged exposure treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder.

Jae E ParkChristopher HuntKira AbirgasJessica BomyeaPeter J Colvonen

Published in: Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy (2023)

Veterans who focus on SA during PE may take longer to habituate to trauma content and experience resolution of PTSD symptoms. Awareness of this pattern could allow clinicians to deliver PE more effectively to veterans focusing on an SA trauma. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

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