Article

Clinical practice guidelines suggest that cognitive behavioral therapies are
recommended for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). One of
these treatments, cognitive processing therapy (CPT), is an evidence-based
treatment that has been shown to be effective at treating combat, assault, and
interpersonal violence trauma in randomized controlled trials. The Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Mental Health Services has implemented an
initiative to disseminate CPT as part of a broad effort to make evidence-based
psychotherapies widely available throughout the VA healthcare system. This
article provides an overview of CPT and reviews the efficacy and program
evaluation data supporting its use in a variety of settings. In addition, we
report on survey data from individuals who have participated in the VA initiative
and on outcome data from patients treated by rollout-trained therapists. Our data
suggest that many clinicians trained in the rollout show good adoption of the CPT
model and demonstrate solid improvements in their patients' PTSD and depressive
symptomotology. Finally, we offer recommendations for using CPT in clinical
settings.

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