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greg.reger@va.gov

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Keywords:

  • first-line psychotherapies
  • PTSD
  • military service members
  • veterans
  • spread
  • COVID-19
  • infection
  • risk
  • mental health treatment

Adding Insult to Injury: Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health Treatment of PTSD.

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Journal Title:

J Technol Behav Sci

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, Pages 1-2

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Article | Final Publisher PDF

Abstract:

Tremendous progress has been made in the dissemination of recommended, first-line psychotherapies for PTSD among military service members and veterans (Karlin and Cross 2014). However, recent public health infection prevention interventions for COVID-19 require widespread adoption of social distancing to slow the spread of the virus. These interventions risk negative impacts on the mental health treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Technology has an important role to play in supporting outcomes during this era, particularly should fears of a “2nd wave” of COVID-19 infection come to pass.

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