PTSD symptoms improve when patient chooses form of treatment
Saturday, October 20, 2018 - 20:00
in Health & Medicine
A new study is the first large-scale trial of hundreds of PTSD patients, including veterans and survivors of sexual assault, to measure whether patient preference in the course of treatment impacts the effectiveness of a type of cognitive behavioral therapy and use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, a type of antidepressant often prescribed for PTSD.