CBT for Vietnamese Refugees with Treatment-Resistant PTSD and Panic Attacks: A Pilot Study (original) (raw)

2004, Journal of Traumatic Stress

We examined the feasibility, acceptability, and therapeutic efficacy of a culturally adapted cognitive–behavior therapy (CBT) for twelve Vietnamese refugees with treatment-resistant posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and panic attacks. These patients were treated in two separate cohorts of six with staggered onset of treatment. Repeated measures Group × Time ANOVAs and between-group comparisons indicated significant improvements, with large effect sizes (Cohen's d) for all outcome measures: Harvard Trauma Questionnaire (HTQ; d=2.5); Anxiety Sensitivity Index (ASI; d=4.3); Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 (HSCL-25), anxiety subscale (d=2.2); and Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25, depression subscale (d=2.0) scores. Likewise, the severity of (culturally related) headache-and orthostasis-cued panic attacks improved significantly across treatment

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