A Meta-Analysis of the Effectiveness of Military and Veterans Affairs (VA) Combat-Related PTSD Programs

Date of Award

Summer 8-24-2013

Document Type

Doctoral Research Paper

Degree Name

Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology

Organizational Unit

Graduate School of Professional Psychology

First Advisor

Laura Meyer

Second Advisor

John McNeill

Third Advisor

R. Kay Beaulieu

Copyright Statement / License for Reuse

All Rights Reserved
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Keywords

Combat-related, Assessment, Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Quantitative research, Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Veterans affairs, Military, Meta-analysis, Combat veterans, Meta-analytic review, Effectiveness

Abstract

A meta-analysis was conducted to examine the effectiveness of 55 treatment outcomes reported by military and Veterans Affairs (VA) treatment centers for combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The analysis includes 46 tested treatment outcomes derived from 21 psychotherapy studies, and nine tested treatment outcomes derived from seven pharmacotherapy studies, which were obtained through PsychINFO and PsychARTICLES database searches, as well as a reference search. Analysis of all treatment outcomes suggested a statistically significant, and meaningful, decrease in PTSD symptoms between baseline and post-treatment time points, t(54) = 9.27, p < .001, d = 0.35. Additionally, analysis of outcomes between psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy treatments resulted in statistically significant differences in PTSD assessment scores at post-test, indicating a greater degree of change for psychotherapy than for pharmacotherapy.

Copyright Date

8-29-2013

Publication Statement

Copyright is held by the author. Permanently suppressed.

Rights Holder

Forest Pavel

Provenance

Received from Author

File Format

application/pdf

Language

English (eng)

Extent

36 pgs

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