This study compared the exacerbation of psychological symptoms among participants with comorbid PTSD and SUD who received either SUD treatment alone or SUD treatment integrated with exposure therapy for PTSD. The results showed that symptom exacerbation was minimal and generally equally likely in either treatment group. These results support existing research that trauma-focused, exposure-based therapy does not increase the risk of symptom exacerbation.
This course is based on the reading-based online article, Does Trauma-focused Exposure Therapy Exacerbate Symptoms Among Patients With Comorbid PTSD and Substance Use Disorders? created by Cynthia L. Lancaster, PhD. et al. in 2020.
Publication Date
Behav Cogn Psychother. 2020 January ; 48(1): 38–53. doi:10.1017/S1352465819000304. Jan 2020
Course Material Authors
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Cynthia L. Lancaster, PhD.
Dr. Lancaster is an assistant professor of clinical psychology at the University of Nevada. Her research focuses the development of PTSD and other anxiety-related disorders, treatment of anxiety-related disorders, exposure-based therapies and military psychology. She has had multiple works published in peer reviewed journals.
Daniel F. Gros, PhD
Dr. Gros is an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina, and psychology program manager and research and development principal investigator at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center in Charleston, SC. He has published more than one hundred research articles, completed more than fifty conference presentations and workshops,
Hana Kuc is a Licensed Mental Heath counselor and a Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor who has been working in the field for 13 years. In that time she has worked as a counselor, therapist, educator and director. Hana has specialized in working with clients on medication assisted treatment, who are in recovery from opiates, and are also diagnosed with a mental health disorder.
Recommended For
Counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychologists and social workers. This course is appropriate for all levels of knowledge.
Course Objectives:
After taking this course, you should be able to:
Describe purpose of this study and summarize existing research on prolonged exposure therapy.
Outline study methods, results and conclusions.
Describe limitations of the current study and suggestions for future research.
Availability
This course is available starting Dec 13th, 2023 and expires Dec 12th, 2033
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Course Creator
Hana Kuc, LMHC, NCC, CASAC – No relevant financial relationships.
Commercial support
There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.
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