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Time course of treatment dropout in cognitive-behavioral therapies for posttraumatic stress disorder.

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Gutner, CA; Gallagher, MW; Baker, AS; Sloan, DM; Resick, PA
Published in: Psychol Trauma
January 2016

A substantial minority of people drop out of cognitive-behavioral therapies (CBTs) for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). There has been considerable research investigating who drops out of PTSD treatment; however, the question of when dropout occurs has received far less attention. The purpose of the current study was to examine when individuals drop out of CBT for PTSD. Women participants (N = 321) were randomized to 1 of several PTSD treatment conditions. The conditions included prolonged exposure (PE), cognitive processing therapy (CPT), CPT-cognitive only (CPT-C), and written accounts (WA). Survival analysis was used to examine temporal pattern of treatment dropout. Thirty-nine percent of participants dropped out of treatment, and those who dropped out tended to do so by midtreatment. Moreover, the pattern of treatment dropout was consistent across CBT conditions. Additional research is needed to examine if treatment dropout patterns are consistent across treatment modalities and settings.

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Psychol Trauma

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EISSN

1942-969X

Publication Date

January 2016

Volume

8

Issue

1

Start / End Page

115 / 121

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Time Factors
  • Survival Analysis
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
  • Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
  • Proportional Hazards Models
  • Patient Dropouts
  • Interview, Psychological
  • Implosive Therapy
  • Humans
  • Female
 

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Gutner, C. A., Gallagher, M. W., Baker, A. S., Sloan, D. M., & Resick, P. A. (2016). Time course of treatment dropout in cognitive-behavioral therapies for posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychol Trauma, 8(1), 115–121. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000062
Gutner, Cassidy A., Matthew W. Gallagher, Aaron S. Baker, Denise M. Sloan, and Patricia A. Resick. “Time course of treatment dropout in cognitive-behavioral therapies for posttraumatic stress disorder.Psychol Trauma 8, no. 1 (January 2016): 115–21. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000062.
Gutner CA, Gallagher MW, Baker AS, Sloan DM, Resick PA. Time course of treatment dropout in cognitive-behavioral therapies for posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychol Trauma. 2016 Jan;8(1):115–21.
Gutner, Cassidy A., et al. “Time course of treatment dropout in cognitive-behavioral therapies for posttraumatic stress disorder.Psychol Trauma, vol. 8, no. 1, Jan. 2016, pp. 115–21. Pubmed, doi:10.1037/tra0000062.
Gutner CA, Gallagher MW, Baker AS, Sloan DM, Resick PA. Time course of treatment dropout in cognitive-behavioral therapies for posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychol Trauma. 2016 Jan;8(1):115–121.

Published In

Psychol Trauma

DOI

EISSN

1942-969X

Publication Date

January 2016

Volume

8

Issue

1

Start / End Page

115 / 121

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Time Factors
  • Survival Analysis
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
  • Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
  • Proportional Hazards Models
  • Patient Dropouts
  • Interview, Psychological
  • Implosive Therapy
  • Humans
  • Female