Community
Volume 13, July 2019, Pages 27-33
Authors:
Jed Grodin, Joshua L. Clark, Russell Kolts, Travis I. Lovejoy
Highlights:
• Compassion Focused Therapy shows promise for treating anger and PTSD in Veterans.
• Treatment dropout was low: 64% of patients completed at least 9 of the 12 sessions.
• The intervention decreased anger symptoms, PTSD symptoms, and fears of compassion.
• Compassion Focused Therapy was endorsed by patients as relevant and enjoyable.
• Further, large-scale study of Compassion Focused Therapy in this area is supported.