Azusa Saito, Nobuko Tsuruta, Yoko Arai, Kaori Okamoto, Tomomi Narisawa, Mari Nozaki, Natsuki Konno, Nozomu Asukai
Background: Recent practice guidelines strongly recommend evidence-based psychotherapies (EBPs) as the first-line treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, previous studies found barriers to the implementation of EBPs and a relatively high dropout rate in clinical settings. After proving the efficacy of prolonged exposure (PE) in Japan [Asukai, N., Saito, A., Tsuruta, N., Kishimoto, J., & Nishikawa, T. (2010). Efficacy of exposure therapy for Japanese patients with posttraumatic stress disorder due to mixed traumatic events: A randomized controlled study...
2024: European Journal of Psychotraumatology