Psychotherapy for Military-Related PTSD

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Abstract

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a disabling psychiatric disorder common among military personnel and veterans. First-line psychotherapies most often recommended for PTSD consist mainly of "trauma-focused" psychotherapies that involve focusing on details of the trauma or associated cognitive and emotional effects.

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Title: JAMA

Abbreviated Title: JAMA

Publisher: American Medical Association (AMA)

ISSN (Print): 0098-7484

Publication date Created: August 04 2015

Publication date (Print): August 04 2015

Volume: 314

Issue: 5

Page: 489

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[1 ]Steven and Alexandra Cohen Veterans Center for Posttraumatic Stress and Traumatic Brain Injury, New York University Langone School of Medicine, New York, New York

[2 ]VA Boston Healthcare System, Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiological Research and Information Center (MAVERIC), Boston University School of Medicine, Boston

[3 ]Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland

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DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.8370

PubMed ID: 26241600

SO-VID: 2a3bcd69-79b1-4228-8190-6b492c8dad8e

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