- Title
- Implementing prolonged exposure therapy for PTSD in a context of ongoing adversity: a clinical case study
- Creator
- Booysen, Duane D
- Creator
- Kagee, Ashraf
- Date Issued
- 2020
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/149275
- Identifier
- vital:38821
- Identifier
- https://0-doi.org.wam.seals.ac.za/10.1177/1534650120925918
- Description
- Obstacles regarding the implementation of empirically supported treatments (ESTs) for mental disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) still require further investigation. One notable obstacle is whether persons in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) residing in a context of ongoing adversity would benefit from an EST for PTSD. We reflect on the utility of a brief prolonged exposure intervention at a primary care community-counseling center in South Africa. “Sam,” a 45-year-old, female was assessed at baseline, during treatment, postassessment, and at 3-month follow-up. At the beginning of treatment, Sam had a positive diagnosis for PTSD (PSSI-5 = 55, and cutoff is 23) and at the end of treatment (PSSI-5 = 17), and 3-month follow-up (PSSI-5 = 21), she had a negative diagnosis for PTSD. We reflect on the mediating effects that contextual factors such as gang violence had on the treatment process and the feasibility of implementing ESTs for PTSD in LMICs under conditions of ongoing adversity.
- Format
- 12 pages
- Format
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Clinical Case Studies
- Relation
- Booysen, D.D. and Kagee, A., 2020. Implementing Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD in a Context of Ongoing Adversity: A Clinical Case Study. Clinical Case Studies, p.1534650120925918.
- Relation
- Clinical Case Studies volume number p.1534650120925918 May 2020 1552-3802
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