Abstract

Acute stress disorder (ASD) after a life-threatening trauma increases the risk for post-traumatic stress disorder. Investigators in Australia randomized 90 patients who had experienced a nonsexual assault or a motor vehicle accident in the previous month and who met DSM-IV criteria for ASD to manual-based prolonged exposure, cognitive restructuring, or wait list. Assessments occurred at 6 weeks and 6 months; the wait-list group …

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