ArticleCurrent treatment options in psychiatry2019
Brief novel therapies for PTSD: Written Exposure Therapy.
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- Combining Ketamine Infusions and Written Exposure Therapy for Chronic PTSD: An Open-Label Trial.The Journal of clinical psychiatry · 2025Trial
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- Pilot Randomized Trial of an Expressive Writing Intervention to Reduce Sexual HIV-Transmission Risk and Substance Use Among Emerging Adult Gay and Bisexual Men.AIDS and behavior · 2022Trial
- Personality profiles and trauma history in ketamine therapy for mood and anxiety disorders: A latent profile analysis of short-term outcomes.Psychopharmacology · 2026Article
- Brief transdiagnostic cognitive behavioral therapy and expressive writing for hazardous drinking and posttraumatic stress symptoms among sexual and gender minority adults: Pilot trial protocol.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2026Article
- Exploring cardiac-related PTSD symptoms in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators: protocol for an open-label trial of written exposure therapy and qualitative study.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Article
- Specific symptom change associated with ecological momentary assessments of intrusive trauma memories.NPP - digital psychiatry and neuroscience · 2024Article
- Expressive writing treatments to reduce PTSD symptom severity and negative alcohol-related outcomes among trauma-exposed sexual minority women and transgender/nonbinary people: Study protocol for a mixed-method pilot trial.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2023Article
- A Systematic Review of Interventions for Prevention and Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Following Childbirth.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2023Article
- Narrative-based autobiographical memory interventions for PTSD: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Review
- Interventions to reduce post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in health care professionals from 2011 to 2021: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2022Article
- An Open Pilot Trial of Written Exposure Therapy for Patients With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Korea.Psychiatry investigation · 2021Article
- Retiring, Rethinking, and Reconstructing the Norm of Once-Weekly Psychotherapy.Administration and policy in mental health · 2021Article
- PTSD / substance use disorder comorbidity: Treatment options and public health needs.Current treatment options in psychiatry · 2020Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewWritten Exposure Therapy (WET) is a 5-session exposure-based intervention for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). WET was developed through a series of systematic evaluations of the expressive writing procedure. It is an efficient intervention, requiring limited patient and therapist time and no between-session assignments. The treatment results in statistically and clinically significant symptom change among individuals, including veterans, with PTSD. RECENT
findingsWET has been shown to be non-inferior to Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), a more intensive form of PTSD treatment. Additionally, WET resulted in substantially lower rates of treatment dropout compared to CPT (6% versus 39%). Moderator analyses of the rate of symptom change during treatment indicated that WET performed equally well for participants regardless of age, gender, comorbid depression, or estimated full scale IQ. SUMMARY: WET represents a viable option for the efficacious, brief treatment of PTSD and may have significant strengths compared to other manualized psychotherapeutic approaches.
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