Suicide Risk Lower for Veterans With PTSD Who Start Evidence-Based Therapy
Psychiatry > > General Psychiatry-- Completing 8 sessions was not related to reduced threat, nevertheless
by Paul Smyth, MD December 27, 2024
Starting cognitive processing treatment or extended direct exposure (CPT/PE) sessions for trauma (PTSD) was connected with lower suicide danger in military veterans in an observational research study, however finishing a sufficient course of CPT/PE sessions was not.
Amongst almost 850,000 veterans freshly identified with PTSD, beginning CPT/PE treatment was related to a 23% lower suicide danger compared to not beginning treatment (HR 0.77, 95% CI 0.59-0....
