@article{6d5928f3d92d430ca2e1ba9562f1e950,
title = "Reductions in self-blame cognitions predict PTSD improvements with cognitive processing therapy for military sexual trauma-related PTSD",
abstract = "Reductions in trauma-related negative cognitions during Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) are theorized to precede posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom reduction. This mechanism of change has not been validated for veterans with military sexual trauma-related PTSD. Using data from a previously published randomized clinical trial (n = 32), changes in trauma-related negative cognitions about self, self-blame, and the world were entered as predictors of change in PTSD symptoms for cross-lagged panel analyses. From baseline to 6-months posttreatment, only changes in self-blame predicted and temporally preceded changes in PTSD symptoms, highlighting a potential mechanism of change in CPT for military sexual trauma-related PTSD.",
keywords = "Cognitive processing therapy, Posttraumatic stress disorder, Trauma-related negative cognitions",
author = "Ryan Holliday and Nicholas Holder and Alina Sur{\'i}s",
note = "Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Grant support was received from the Veterans Administration Rehabilitation Research & Development Service , Clinical trial NCT00371644 at http://clinicaltrials.gov/ . Dr. Holliday is currently supported in part by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research , Education and Clinical Center for Suicide Prevention. He is also currently supported by the Office of Academic Affiliations, Advanced Fellowship Program in Mental Illness Research and Treatment, and Department of Veterans Affairs. The views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views or policy of the Department of Veterans Affairs or the United States Government. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018",
year = "2018",
month = may,
doi = "10.1016/j.psychres.2018.03.007",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "263",
pages = "181--184",
journal = "Psychiatry research",
issn = "0165-1781",
publisher = "Elsevier Ireland Ltd",
}