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Examination of changes in suicide cognitions during an intensive treatment program for posttraumatic stress disorder

Abstract: Suicide remains a significant clinical concern for military service members and veterans. One approach to reducing suicide risk has been to treat psychiatric disorders …

Pre-treatment resilience as a predictor of Veterans' post-traumatic stress disorder symptom outcomes immediately and up to 12-months following intensive cognitive processing therapy

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: Resilience is associated with lower post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) severity and may play a beneficial role in PTSD treatment. The present study explored …

Pre-treatment resilience as a predictor of Veterans' post-traumatic stress disorder symptom outcomes immediately and up to 12-months following intensive cognitive processing therapy

Abstract: Objective: Resilience is associated with lower post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) severity and may play a beneficial role in PTSD treatment. The present study explored …

Understanding Veterans' perceived improvement in PTSD treatment: Examining its association with clinical predictors and clinically meaningful improvement thresholds

Abstract: Background: Patients' perceived improvement has utility in contextualizing markers of treatment success, often measured through PTSD severity, other clinical factors, and …

Exploring the relationship between changes in negative posttrauma cognitions and pain intensity in Veterans undergoing intensive treatment

Abstract: Objective: This study examined whether improvements in posttrauma cognitions during intensive posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment were associated with reduced …

Examining treatment outcomes for military service members in an intensive treatment program for posttraumatic stress disorder

Abstract: To date, few studies have evaluated treatment outcomes for military service members who complete massed treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Furthermore, …

Sleep disturbances and PTSD: Identifying baseline predictors of insomnia response in an intensive treatment programme

Abstract: Objective: This study examined whether baseline demographic and clinical variables could predict clinically significant reductions in insomnia symptoms among veterans …

Low rates of symptom exacerbation during and after massed cognitive processing therapy across Veteran and community samples

Abstract: Clinicians have expressed concerns that symptoms may worsen during evidence‐based treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), such as cognitive processing …

Negative posttraumatic cognitions and cognitive emotion regulation strategies as predictors of PTSD symptom change during an intensive outpatient program for PTSD

Abstract: Negative posttraumatic cognitions (NPCs) and cognitive emotion regulation (CER) strategies have both been proposed as predictors of change in evidence-based cognitive …

Reductions in PTSD severity precede reductions in pain intensity among Veterans receiving intensive treatment

Abstract: Objective: Chronic pain often co-occurs with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The mutual maintenance hypothesis proposes that there may be shared underlying …

Predicting suicidal ideation 3 months following intensive posttraumatic stress disorder treatment

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: This study examined whether posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom change during a 3- and 2-week intensive treatment program (ITP)-based in cognitive …