Tampa, FLA (July 6, 2016) – The University of South Florida College of Public Health has been awarded a contract with the U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School, Department of Behavioral Health (AMEDDC&S), to train military mental health clinicians in Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), an emerging evidence-based treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related conditions. The new contract …
Published by the Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps Abstract Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a disabling trauma and stress-related disorder that may occur after a person experiences a traumatic event, and evokes a combination of intrusion and avoidance symptoms, negative alterations in cognitions and mood, and alterations in arousal and reactivity. Accelerated resolution therapy (ART) is an emerging psychotherapy …
WUSF Public Media | Bobbie O’Brien Studies show that only about half of the veterans who need mental health care seek treatment. And of those who get care – many drop-out before treatment is complete. “So, we’re only reaching a third of people ultimately who need the treatment,” said retired Army Col. Dr. Charles Hoge. He works as a civilian …
Article by Charles W. Hoge, MD and July Lies, MSc | Federal Practitioner Diagnostic discordance between posttraumatic stress disorder definitions, treatment dropout rates, comorbidities, and varying policy approaches leave VA and DoD clinicians with unique concerns in providing effective treatment for many postwar health problems. Read Article (PDF) PTSDArticle_Hoge_Lies_FederalPractitioner_April2015
