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Thesis
Psychoeducational Outcomes: Cognitive Skills in PTSD
Washington State University
Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
05/2003
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/3802
Abstract
The purpose of this project was to examine the effects of a psychoeducational group on the cognitive skills of individuals with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The symptoms associated with PTSD may be so severe that they are disabling. Medication and individual therapy have proven to help with PTSD symptoms, but a combination of treatments should be used for the best overall outcome. Group participants were asked to score a cognitive assessment scale at week 2 and week 12 of the psychoeducational group. The results of this project indicate that the total cognitive scale scores increased at week 12. Participants' cognitive symptoms worsened after the psychoeducational class. There was also a relationship between symptom duration, intensity and frequency of cognitive symptoms and the total cognitive scale score for week 12. Studies on treatments for PTSD should be continued in order to find the most effective treatment. The results of this pilot study indicate that a psychoeducational group is one type of therapy that may be a cost effective means to reach the best outcome for these victims.
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Details
- Title
- Psychoeducational Outcomes: Cognitive Skills in PTSD
- Creators
- Carrie E. B. Holliday
- Contributors
- Michael Rice (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Research Projects, College of Nursing
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Spokane, Washington
- Identifiers
- 99900590535201842
- Copyright
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us; Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US)
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis