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Cognitive therapy reduces symptoms in people with recent onset post-traumatic stress disorder
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ebmh.7.2.51

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    Ehlers A, Clark DM, Hackmann A, et al. A randomized controlled trial of cognitive therapy, a self-help booklet, and repeated assessments as early interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2003;60:1024–32.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science

    Q What is the most effective early intervention for people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): cognitive therapy, provision of a self help booklet, or repeated assessments?

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    Randomised controlled trial.

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    Concealed.

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    Assessors blinded to treatment.

    Embedded ImageFollow up period:

    Nine months.

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    John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, and the Northampton General Hospital, Northampton, UK; February 1998 to January 2001.

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    85 people developing PTSD within 3 months of a motor vehicle accident (MVA). Inclusion criteria: aged 18–65 years; diagnosis of PTSD (DSM-IV); a score of ⩾20 on the post-traumatic diagnosis scale (PDS), and intervention commencing within 6 months of the …

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