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Trauma disclosure and willingness to involve close others in therapy across two exposure-based treatments for PTSD.
| Τίτλος: | Trauma disclosure and willingness to involve close others in therapy across two exposure-based treatments for PTSD. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Thompson-Hollands J; National Center for PTSD at VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA; Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: johanna.thompson-hollands@va.gov., Reuman L; Stonehill College, North Easton, MA, USA., Stoycos SA; Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA., Sloan DM; National Center for PTSD at VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA; Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. |
| Πηγή: | Behaviour research and therapy [Behav Res Ther] 2026 Aug; Vol. 203, pp. 105086. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 May 19. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Elsevier Science Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 0372477 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1873-622X (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00057967 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Behav Res Ther Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: Oxford : Elsevier Science Original Publication: Oxford [etc.] |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic*/therapy , Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic*/psychology , Implosive Therapy*/methods , Veterans*/psychology , Family*/psychology , Disclosure*, Humans ; Female ; Male ; Adult ; Middle Aged |
| Περίληψη: | Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) occurs in an interpersonal context. Little is known about veterans' communication with their loved ones regarding their trauma. Even less is known about how their attitudes (e.g., willingness to include a family member (FM) in treatment) and behaviors (e.g., trauma disclosure) evolve during and after trauma-focused treatment. The study explored these attitudes and behaviors among veterans diagnosed with PTSD (N = 167) who were randomized (1:1) to Prolonged Exposure (PE) or Written Exposure Therapy (WET). Results revealed that both willingness to involve a FM in treatment and disclosure increased over time, with no significant differences across treatments. Demographic factors such as baseline severity, sex, and history of military sexual trauma were not significant predictors of either baseline levels of willingness to involve a FM or disclosure, nor the slopes of those variables over time. The relationship between disclosure and PTSD symptom severity changed over time; early in treatment lower severity was associated with higher levels of disclosure, while later the relationship reversed. Findings of this study demonstrate that patients in trauma-focused treatment are increasingly willing to involve a FM and increasingly likely to share about their trauma over time, providing opportunities to incorporate outside sources of support beyond the early treatment phase. The significant and dynamic association of disclosure with treatment outcome over time indicates that it functions as a potential indicator at the intersection of individual distress and relationship health. (Published by Elsevier Ltd.) |
| Competing Interests: | Declaration of competing interest The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests:Sarah A. Stoycos reports financial support was provided by National Institute of Mental Health. Denise M. Sloan reports financial support was provided by US Department of Veterans Affairs. If there are other authors, they declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. |
| Grant Information: | K23 MH141296 United States MH NIMH NIH HHS |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Couples; Disclosure; Family; PTSD; Trauma-focused treatment |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20260519 Date Completed: 20260707 Latest Revision: 20260728 |
| Update Code: | 20260729 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.brat.2026.105086 |
| PMID: | 42155366 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1873-622X |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.brat.2026.105086 |