hand trauma, beliefs

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hand trauma, beliefs outcomes 1

• Mervin Smucker reported on 3 research studies
  done at the Medical College of Wisconsin with
  PTSD sufferers following traumatic hand injuries.
• study 1 involved 630 adult accident
  victims with PTSD. Prolonged exposure
  treatment produced 90 positive response
  when fear was the main PTSD emotion,
  but only 15 positive response when anger
  shame, guilt, or mental defeat was the main
  emotion.

Smucker MR. How does theory inform practice in
the treatment of intrusive memories? EABCT
Annual Conference. Manchester, 2004
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hand trauma, beliefs outcomes 2

• study 2 involved 55 adolescents with PTSD
  following hand injuries. PE resulted in 89
  response when fear main emotion, but only 18-19
  when guilt/self-blame or anger was main emotion
• study 3 involved 23 adults with PTSD after
  hand injuries who had failed to respond
  to 6-15 sessions of prolonged
  exposure (PE). 78 (18/23) showed
  significant improve- ment with a further
  1-3 sessions of imagery rescript-ing with gains
  well maintained at 6 month follow-up