By the Numbers: 18 March 2019
22.8% & 9.1%
Respectively, the percentage of 265,566 Iraq and Afghanistan war Veterans who "initiated an EBP" and "completed treatment" at the VA, according to a forthcoming article in the journal Psychiatry Research -- Factors associated with completing evidence-based psychotherapy for PTSD among veterans in a national healthcare system.
The article reported that "Veterans who completed EBP did so about 3 years after their initial mental health visit."
Factors positively associated with EBP completion included military sexual trauma, older age, race/ethnicity (i.e., African-American race for PE), combat, and multiple deployments.
22.8% & 9.1%
Respectively, the percentage of 265,566 Iraq and Afghanistan war Veterans who "initiated an EBP" and "completed treatment" at the VA, according to a forthcoming article in the journal Psychiatry Research -- Factors associated with completing evidence-based psychotherapy for PTSD among veterans in a national healthcare system.
The article reported that "Veterans who completed EBP did so about 3 years after their initial mental health visit."
Factors positively associated with EBP completion included military sexual trauma, older age, race/ethnicity (i.e., African-American race for PE), combat, and multiple deployments.