Medscape (4/6, Melville, Subscription Publication) reports researchers found that “patients who experience a rapid response to cognitive processing therapy (CPT) for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have a greater likelihood of sustained improvement.” The study involved “136 veterans with PTSD” and the researchers found “that those who responded quickly to a 3-week CPT program were significantly more likely to report lower symptom scores 3 months post treatment compared with those participants who responded more slowly.” The findings were scheduled to be presented at this year’s Anxiety and Depression Association of America Conference, but “that conference was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.”
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