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This chapter presents the reader with an array of treatment options for those who suffer from PTSD. Each option is supported by a large volume of research, thus making the appropriate treatment choice difficult. Therefore, the editors (Safir, Wallach, and Rizzo) decided to present the reader with an actual case of a man who suffers from PTSD, and requested the proponents of the different approaches to discuss how they would employ their approach with this client. We leave it to the reader to decide which approach they believe to be the most appropriate. This dilemma is addressed again in the last chapter of the book (Wallach, Matching Treatment to Patients Suffering from PTSD). The case we have presented was actually treated by Nacasch, Rachamim, and Foa, and is followed by commentary by Nacasch, Rachamim, and Foa (Prolonged Exposure), with alternative treatment plans presented by Chard (Cognitive Processing Therapy), Klein Rafaeli and Markowitz (Interpersonal Therapy), and Rothbaum (D-Cycloserine, Virtual Reality).
With Commentaries by: Prolonged exposure (PE): Nitsa Nacasch, Lilach Rachamim, and Edna B. Foa; Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT): Kathleen Chard; Virtual reality (VR): Exposure therapy with D-Cycloserine (DCS): Barbara Rothbaum; Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT): Alexandra Klein-Rafaeli and John C. Markowitz
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Nacasch, N., Rachamim, L., Foa, E.B. (2015). Case Presentation of a Chronic Combat PTSD Veteran. In: Safir, M., Wallach, H., Rizzo, A. (eds) Future Directions in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7522-5_20
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