| The number of active duty soldiers seeking psychotherapeutic treatment for symptoms of ASD/PTSD has been tremendous at EACH, Fort Carson, one of many Army medical facilities. Fort Carson's behavioral health staff rose to the occasion and provided three types of group therapies (i.e., support, psychodynamic and CBT-focused groups) as both high quality and economically feasible approaches to the growing number of soldiers seeking behavioral health services. Historically, group therapy has been found to be an effective form of treatment for PTSD. As group therapy becomes a more prevalent form of therapy, research is needed to measure outcomes of the most common forms of group therapy targeted for combat-related PTSD, specifically (i.e., support, psychodynamic, and CBT focused groups), in order to determine which group provides the greatest amount of both short-term and long-term symptom reduction. |
