Group Therapies for PTSD Show Promise for Veterans | Medpage Today

Group Therapies for PTSD Show Promise for Veterans | Medpage Today: Melissa A. Polusny, PhD, of the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, and colleagues found that veterans who underwent mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) therapy reported a greater improvement in PCL (PTSD checklist) scores during treatment (63.6 to 55.7 and 58.8 to 55.8, respectively, between-group difference 4.95, 05% CI 1.92-7.99, P=0.002) and at 2 months follow-up compared to present-centered group (PCT) therapy (63.6 to 54.4 and 58.8 to 56.0, difference 6.44, CI 3.34-9.53, P<0.001).