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1. Greenwald, R., Stain, M., Allen, R., Azubuike, A., & Borgen, R. (2004, November). Trauma-informed treatment for incarcerated youth: A controlled study. Presentation at the 20th annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, New Orleans, LA .
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
The current study examined client self-perception of change in posttraumatic
stress symptoms during and after treatment in three treatment conditions:
psychopharmacology (fluoxetine), an exposure-based psychotherapeutic
treatment (EMDR), and a pill placebo. Subjects were 88 patients with
mixed-trauma exposure and primarily chronic trauma response. Subjects
completed the Davidson Trauma Scale (DTS) prior to beginning treatment,
during the treatment phase, and during follow-up. In all conditions, selfreported
symptoms of posttraumatic stress decreased during the treatment
phase. After treatment, average DTS score for subjects in the therapy condition
continued to decrease, while mean score for subjects who received
pharmacological treatment increased slightly. Two months after termination
of treatment, the average DTS score was 21 for the EMDR condition and 43
for the fluoxetine condition. Results revealed that subjects perceived themselves
as improving steadily during the course of treatment, regardless of
treatment condition. These results support the idea that there are non-specific
factors in therapy (perhaps including factors such as instillation of
hope, treatment expectations, and empathy) that lead to self-perceived
improvement in symptoms. However, maintenance of perceived gains did
appear to favor exposure-based therapy as a treatment for posttraumatic
stress disorder.
Keywords: Incareration Trauma Youth
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