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A randomized controlled trial of cognitive analytic versus compassion-focused therapy for PTSD in Iran-Iraq War Veterans

Published:2023-09-06 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:2368-7924
Container-title:Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health
language:en
Short-container-title:Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health

Author:

Moeini Fateme Rayyat¹,Goodarzi Nasser²,Dabbaghi Parviz²,Rahnejat Amir Mohsen²,Ghasemzadeh Mohammad Reza³

Affiliation:

1. Aja University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2. Behavioral and Cognitive Science Research Center, Department of Clinical Psychology, Aja University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3. Behavioral and Cognitive Science Research Center, Department of Clinical Psychiatry, Aja University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

LAY SUMMARY Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common, debilitating mental illness with a substantial burden on individuals and society. The authors aimed to compare the effects of cognitive analytic therapy and compassion-focused therapy on Veterans with PTSD. This study showed that a 12-session program of cognitive analytic therapy or an 8-session program of compassion-focused therapy was effective for treating PTSD. The interventions controlled re-experiencing, avoidance, and hyperarousal in PTSD. Also, they decreased depression, anxiety, and numbness in patients with PTSD. Compassion-focused therapy was more effective in controlling avoidance and depression than cognitive analytic therapy.

Publisher

University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)

Subject

General Medicine

Link

https://jmvfh.utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/jmvfh-2023-0027

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