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Cognitive behaviour therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder

Harvey, Allison G., Bryant, Richard A., Tarrier, Nicholas·2003·Clinical Psychology Review
DOI 10.1016/s0272-7358(03)00035-7
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Following considerable empirical scrutiny, cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) has proven to be a safe and effective treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This article overviews the general principles of treatment and describes the components that comprise CBT for PTSD. We then move on to review the efficacy of CBT for the treatment of PTSD caused by various traumas, including assault, road traffic accident (RTA), combat, and terrorism. Recent advances in early intervention and in the treatment of disorders that are comorbid with PTSD are reviewed. Finally, future directions are discussed. In particular, it is proposed that randomised controlled trials (RCT) of CBT for PTSD must be conducted with enhanced methodological rigour and public health relevance.

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  • Breathing interventions-including controlled breathing, slow-breathing techniques, coherence breathing, brahmari breathing, and breathing at one's resonant frequency-utilize a decrease in respiratory rate, prolonged expiration, breathing against airway resistance, or vibration of the airway to reduce physiological arousal.

    “Breathing interventions—including controlled breathing, slow-breathing techniques (from yoga and other Eastern disciplines), coherence breathing, brahmari breathing (“bee breath,” also from yoga), and breathing at ones resonant frequency—utilize a decrease in respiratory rate, prolonged expiration (pranayama), breathing against airway resistance, or vibration of the airway to reduce physiological”

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  • CBT interventions are thought to be a form of extinction learning in which conditioned fear responses are inhibited by new learning of safe associations, involving top-down inhibition of the amygdala by the PFC and hippocampus.

    “These interventions—which potentially include repeated exposure to traumatic memories and cognitive-restructuring techniques that aim to teach more realistic appraisals of the trauma—are thought to be a form of extinction learning in which conditioned fear responses are inhibited by new learning of safe associations, a process that involves top-down inhibition of the amygdala by the PFC and hippo”

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Authors
Harvey, A. G., Bryant, R. A., & Tarrier, N.
Affiliations
  • University of Oxford (GB)
  • UNSW Sydney (AU)
  • University of Manchester (GB)
Corresponding author
Harvey, Allison G.
ORCID
Venue
Clinical Psychology Review
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2003-05
Volume
23
Issue
3
Pages
501-522
ISSN
0272-7358 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/s0272-7358(03)00035-7
OpenAlex
W1998199554
Cited by
203
References
95
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 11 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 8
FWCI
1.96
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Clinical Psychology Review (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Keywords
cognitive behavioral therapy, post-traumatic stress disorder, trauma treatment, assault, traffic accidents, combat-related PTSD, terrorism, early intervention, comorbidities, treatment efficacy, randomized controlled trials
MeSH terms
Humans, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

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