“The world does not look the same anymore”: The experiences of patients six months after finishing an intensive trauma treatment program [PDF]
Background Trauma-focused treatment is known to be demanding, resulting in considerable drop-out rates. Intensive trauma treatment programs for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have demonstrated significant and sustained results and appear to be ...
Veronica Vaage-Kowalzik +3 more
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Feasibility of intensive prolonged exposure for PTSD: a pragmatic pilot study in Swedish public outpatient psychiatry [PDF]
Background Prolonged exposure (PE) is an established treatment for PTSD, but outcomes are often limited by dropout and delivery constraints. This study evaluated the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of intensive-format PE (I-PE ...
Sim Jamil +2 more
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Background: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with high rates of cluster C personality disorders (PD), which may negatively affect PTSD treatment.
Arne van den End +8 more
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Educational, but demanding: the experience of therapists in an intensive inpatient trauma treatment program [PDF]
BackgroundIntensive trauma treatment programs have shown robust results in treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, the experiences of therapists working within the frameworks of these treatment programs have only scarcely been explored ...
Veronica Vaage-Kowalzik +3 more
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Suicidal ideation, self-injury, aggressive behavior and substance use during intensive trauma-focused treatment with exposure-based components in adolescent and young adult PTSD patients. [PDF]
Abstract Background Multiple traumata such as child sexual and/or physical abuse often result in complex psychopathologies and a range of associated dysfunctional behaviors. Although evidence-based interventions exist, some therapists are concerned that trauma-focused psychotherapy with exposure-based elements may lead ...
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Exhausting, but necessary: the lived experience of participants in an intensive inpatient trauma treatment program [PDF]
BackgroundIntensive inpatient treatment programs have shown robust results in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). How patients experience this treatment program and what changes they experience as a result of the treatment have ...
Veronica Vaage-Kowalzik +4 more
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Safety and effectiveness of intensive treatment for complex PTSD delivered via home-based telehealth
Background: Home-based psychotherapy delivered via telehealth has not been investigated in the context of intensive trauma-focused treatment for individuals with severe or Complex posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Hannelies Bongaerts +3 more
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The effects of symptom overreporting on PTSD treatment outcome
Background It is often assumed that individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) who overreport their symptoms should be excluded from trauma-focused treatments. Objective To investigate the effects of a brief, intensive trauma-focused treatment
Agnes van Minnen +4 more
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Background: Following promising effects of an intensive trauma treatment for adults, the question arises whether adolescents who suffer from severe post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can also profit from a similar treatment programme.
Ytje van Pelt +3 more
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European society of intensive care medicine study of therapeutic hypothermia (32-35 °C) for intracranial pressure reduction after traumatic brain injury (the Eurotherm3235Trial). [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Traumatic brain injury is a major cause of death and severe disability worldwide with 1,000,000 hospital admissions per annum throughout the European Union.Therapeutic hypothermia to reduce intracranial hypertension may improve patient ...
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