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A preliminary examination of treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder in chronic pain patients: A case study
Author(s) -
Shipherd Jillian C.,
Beck J. Gayle,
Hamblen Jessica L.,
Lackner Jeffrey M.,
Freeman Jennifer B.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of traumatic stress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.259
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-6598
pISSN - 0894-9867
DOI - 10.1023/a:1025754310462
Subject(s) - chronic pain , medical diagnosis , posttraumatic stress , psychiatry , psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , pathology
Manualized treatments have become popular, despite concern about their use when comorbid diagnoses are present. In this report, the efficacy of manualized posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment was examined in the presence of chronic pain. Additionally, the effect of PTSD treatment on chronic pain and additional psychiatric diagnoses was explored. Six female patients with both PTSD and chronic pain following motor vehicle accidents were treated for PTSD using a multiple baseline design. The results indicate that manualized treatment for PTSD was effective in reducing PTSD symptoms in these patients. Although there were no changes in subjective pain, there were pain‐related functional improvements and reductions in other psychiatric diagnoses for the majority of patients.