JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Effect of cognitive-behavioral couple therapy for PTSD: a randomized controlled trial.
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a prevalent condition associated with intimate relationship problems, and intimate relationship factors have been shown to affect individual PTSD treatment outcomes. ⋯ Among couples in which one partner was diagnosed as having PTSD, a disorder-specific couple therapy, compared with a wait list for the therapy, resulted in decreased PTSD symptom severity and patient comorbid symptom severity and increased patient relationship satisfaction.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Integrated exposure-based therapy for co-occurring posttraumatic stress disorder and substance dependence: a randomized controlled trial.
There is concern that exposure therapy, an evidence-based cognitive-behavioral treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), may be inappropriate because of risk of relapse for patients with co-occurring substance dependence. ⋯ Among patients with PTSD and substance dependence, the combined use of COPE plus usual treatment, compared with usual treatment alone, resulted in improvement in PTSD symptom severity without an increase in severity of substance dependence.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effect of screening for partner violence on women's quality of life: a randomized controlled trial.
Although partner violence screening has been endorsed by many health organizations, there is insufficient evidence that it has beneficial health outcomes. ⋯ Among women receiving care in primary care clinics, providing a partner violence resource list with or without screening did not result in improved health.