Open AccessChanges in posttraumatic cognitions predict changes in posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms during cognitive processing therapy.
Author(s) -
Jeremiah A. Schumm,
Benjamin D. Dickstein,
Kristen H. Walter,
Gina P. Owens,
Kathleen M. Chard
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of consulting and clinical psychology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.582
H-Index - 240
eISSN - 1939-2117
pISSN - 0022-006X
DOI - 10.1037/ccp0000040
Subject(s) - psychology , cognitive processing therapy , cognition , clinical psychology , depression (economics) , beck depression inventory , cognitive therapy , longitudinal study , psychiatry , anxiety , medicine , pathology , economics , macroeconomics
Although cognitive processing therapy (CPT) has strong empirical support as a treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), studies have not directly examined the proposed change mechanisms that underlie CPT-that change in trauma-related cognitions produces change in PTSD and depression symptoms. To improve the understanding of underlying mechanisms of psychotherapeutic change, this study investigated longitudinal association between trauma-related cognitions, PTSD, and depression among veterans receiving CPT during a 7-week residential PTSD treatment program.