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CBT for Vietnamese refugees with treatment‐resistant PTSD and panic attacks: A pilot study
Author(s) -
Hinton Devon E.,
Pham Thang,
Tran Minh,
Safren Steven A.,
Otto Michael W.,
Pollack Mark H.
Publication year - 2004
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/b:jots.0000048956.03529.fa
Subject(s) - panic , anxiety sensitivity , anxiety , psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , panic disorder , depression (economics) , vietnamese , checklist , anxiety disorder , cognitive behavioral therapy , linguistics , philosophy , economics , cognitive psychology , macroeconomics
We examined the feasibility, acceptability, and therapeutic efficacy of a culturally adapted cognitive–behavior therapy (CBT) for twelve Vietnamese refugees with treatment‐resistant posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and panic attacks. These patients were treated in two separate cohorts of six with staggered onset of treatment. Repeated measures Group × Time ANOVAs and between‐group comparisons indicated significant improvements, with large effect sizes (Cohen's d ) for all outcome measures: Harvard Trauma Questionnaire (HTQ; d = 2.5); Anxiety Sensitivity Index (ASI: d = 4.3); Hopkins Symptom Checklist‐25 (HSCL‐25), anxiety subscale ( d = 2.2); and Hopkins Symptom Checklist‐25, depression subscale ( d = 2.0) scores. Likewise, the severity of (culturally related) headache‐and orthostasis‐cued panic attacks improved significantly across treatment.