@article{ref1,
title="Effectiveness of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy for terrorism victims with very long-term emotional disorders",
journal="Psicothema",
year="2019",
author="Moreno, Natalia and Sanz, Jesús and García-Vera, María P. and Gesteira, Clara and Gutiérrez, Sara and Zapardiel, Alejandro and Cobos, Beatriz and Marotta-Walters, Sylvia",
volume="31",
number="4",
pages="400-406",
abstract="BACKGROUND: There are no published studies on the clinical utility of psychotherapy in victims of terrorism who suffer emotional disorders many years after the attacks. <br><br>METHOD: A course of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy was administered to 50 victims of terrorist attacks that occurred an average of 23 years previously and who presented isolated or concurrent posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD; 74%), major depressive disorder (54%), panic disorder (38%), or other anxiety disorders (38%). <br><br>RESULTS: According to an intention-to-treat analysis (N=50), these percentages decreased significantly to 24% (PTSD and major depression), 16% (panic disorder) and 14% (other anxiety disorders) at 1-year follow-up. According to a complete data analysis, at posttreatment no victims (n=31) still presented major depressive or panic disorder, only 3.2% presented PTSD and 9.7% presented other anxiety disorders, whereas at 1-year follow-up, no victims presented any disorders (n=22). At posttreatment and at the 1-, 3-, 6-month, and 1-year follow-ups, large statistically and clinically significant decreases in PTSD, depression, and anxiety symptomatology were found (d=1.26 to 2.52 at 1-year follow-up). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that efficacious treatments for recent victims are also useful in the usual clinical practice for victims with very long-term emotional disorders.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0214-9915",
doi="10.7334/psicothema2018.165",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.7334/psicothema2018.165"
}