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Studies of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have predominantly focused on victims of trauma. Some studies have examined the after-effects of a person's own violent actions in combat or police situations. However, there is a sparsity of literature examining the development of PTSD in convicted perpetrators of violent crime, and there is no literature concerning the treatment of PTSD in such perpetrators. This single-case study presents the outcome of behavioral treatment in one case in which the patient had PTSD consequential to being a perpetrator of manslaughter. The theoretical implications of this case are briefly discussed.
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Rogers, P., Gray, N.S., Williams, T. et al. Behavioral Treatment of PTSD in a Perpetrator of Manslaughter: A Single Case Study. J Trauma Stress 13, 511–519 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007793510239
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