What is it about?
Examined the preliminary results of delivering Written Exposure Therapy (WET) to Veterans diagnosed with PTSD and Substance Use Disorders while receiving a 28 day residential substance use disorder treatment.
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Why is it important?
PTSD and Substance Use Disorder are highly related. Being able to treat both simultaneously and efficiently is an important advance and is worthy of additional investigation to determine if this should be recommended as the standard of care.
Perspectives
Written Exposure Therapy is easy to deliver and a cost-effective treatment. Our preliminary findings suggest it can be implemented within a 28 day residential program and the pilot results suggest a larger controlled study is warranted.
Dana Holohan
SALEM VA MEDICAL CENTER
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This page is a summary of: Written exposure therapy for dually diagnosed veterans in a residential domiciliary substance use treatment program: A pilot study., Traumatology An International Journal, September 2025, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/trm0000628.
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