APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Modification or Mishap? Program Evaluation of Evidence Based Psychotherapies (EBPs) at a Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Clinic
- Elizabeth Weinstein
National Center for PTSD – Behavioral Science Division - Elizabeth Weinstein
VA Boston Healthcare System - Katharine Smidt
National Center for PTSD – Behavioral Science Division - Katharine Smidt
VA Boston Healthcare System - Lisa Fisher
National Center for PTSD – Behavioral Science Division - Lisa Fisher
Boston University School of Medicine - Lisa Fisher
VA Boston Healthcare System - Barbara Niles
National Center for PTSD – Behavioral Science Division - Barbara Niles
Boston University School of Medicine - Barbara Niles
VA Boston Healthcare System
Abstract
Findings for 76 Veterans referred for EBPs in a PTSD clinic indicated 25 (32.9%) dropped out before session four and 10 (13.2%) dropped out later. Six (7.9%) received a modified EBP and 8 (10.5%) switched to another treatment. Twenty-seven Veterans (35.5%) completed the assigned EBP.
Program Evaluation