Erin P Finley, Polly H Noël, Shuko Lee, Elizabeth Haro, Hector Garcia, Craig Rosen, Nancy Bernardy, Mary Jo Pugh, Jacqueline A Pugh
Significant changes in national health policy, like the Veterans Choice Act, have created growing opportunities for veterans to receive care outside of the Veterans Administration (VA), yet little is known about the attitudes and practices in PTSD care of community providers, particularly their use of evidence-based psychotherapies (EBPs). The authors assessed psychotherapy practices of community providers serving veterans with PTSD in Texas. They surveyed Texas mental health providers regarding their patient population, practice setting, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)-related screening, assessment, and treatment practices...
November 2018: Psychological Services