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Effective Treatment Approaches for PTSD in Hand Trauma Patients

Research studies at the Medical College of Wisconsin show that treating PTSD in hand trauma patients with prolonged exposure therapy can yield positive outcomes, particularly when addressing fear as the main emotion. Strategies like imagery rescripting have also shown significant improvement in non-responsive cases. Learn more about how theory informs practice for intrusive memories in PTSD treatment.

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Effective Treatment Approaches for PTSD in Hand Trauma Patients

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  1. handtrauma,beliefs&outcomes1 • Mervin Smucker reported on 3 research studies done at the Medical College of Wisconsin with PTSD sufferers following traumatic hand injuries. • study 1 involved 630 adult accident victims with PTSD. Prolonged exposure treatment produced 90% positive response when fear was the main PTSD emotion, but only 15% positive response when anger shame, guilt, or mental defeat was the main emotion. Smucker MR. How does theory inform practice in the treatment of intrusive memories? EABCT Annual Conference. Manchester, 2004

  2. handtrauma,beliefs&outcomes2 • study 2 involved 55 adolescents with PTSD following hand injuries. PE resulted in 89% response when fear main emotion, but only 18-19% when guilt/self-blame or anger was main emotion • study 3 involved 23 adults with PTSD after hand injuries who had failed to respond to 6-15 sessions of prolonged exposure (PE). 78% (18/23) showed significant improve- ment with a further 1-3 sessions of imagery rescript-ing with gains well maintained at 6 month follow-up

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