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

Boston, MA · May 2017

Poster Session · Clinical Science

  • 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

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