Factors related to clinician attitudes toward prolonged exposure therapy for PTSD.
J Trauma Stress
; 27(4): 423-9, 2014 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
This study examines pretraining attitudes toward prolonged exposure (PE) therapy in a sample of 1,275 mental health clinicians enrolled in a national PE training program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Attitudes assessed via survey included values placed on outcomes targeted by PE, outcome expectancies (positive expectancies for patient improvement and negative expectancies related to patient deterioration, clinician time burden, and clinician emotional burden), and self-efficacy for delivering PE. Results indicated that clinicians were receptive to learning PE and had positive expectations about the treatment, but expressed concerns that PE might increase patient distress. Responses varied by clinician characteristics with psychologists, clinicians working in specialty PTSD treatment settings (as opposed to those in mental health clinics and other clinic types), and those with a primarily cognitive-behavioral orientation expressing attitudes that were most supportive of learning and implementing PE across various indicators. Implications for addressing attitudinal barriers to implementation of PE therapy are discussed.
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Bases de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Trastornos por Estrés Postraumático
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Actitud del Personal de Salud
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Personal de Salud
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Terapia Implosiva
Tipo de estudio:
Qualitative_research
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Trauma Stress
Asunto de la revista:
PSICOLOGIA
Año:
2014
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos