Porque el tiempo no lo cura todo: eficacia de la terapia cognitivo-conductual centrada en el trauma para el estrés postraumático a muy largo plazo en víctimas de terrorismo
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2018
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Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid
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Ciento veinte víctimas del terrorismo que habían sufrido un atentado como media 18 años antes y que presentaban sintomatología o trastorno de estrés postraumático (TEPT) fueron aleatorizadas a 16 sesiones de terapia cognitivoconductual centrada en el trauma (TCC-CT) o a lista de espera. Ninguna de las víctimas que completó el tratamiento presentaba un diagnóstico de TEPT en el postratamiento; estas víctimas mostraban niveles de sintomatología de estrés postraumático significativamente menores en el postratamiento que en el pretratamiento, con una diferencia prepost grande (d = 1.39) y un 78.3% de ellas mostraban niveles normales en el postratamiento. Estos resultados fueron significativamente mejores que los del grupo control, siendo la diferencia tratamiento-control grande (d = 0.91). La TCC-CT es eficaz y representa actualmente el tratamiento de elección para víctimas del terrorismo que sufren TEPT o sintomatología de estrés postraumático, incluso a muy largo plazo, entre 6 y 51 años después del atentado.
One hundred and twenty victims of terrorism who had suffered a terrorist attack an average of 18 years ago and who mainly had posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or posttraumatic stress symptomatology were randomized to a 16-session trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) or to a waiting-list control group. No victim who completed treatment had a PTSD diagnosis at posttreatment; these victims showed significantly lower levels of posttraumatic stress symptomatology at posttreatment than at pretreatment, with a large pre-posttreatment difference (d = 1.39), and 78.3% of them showed normal levels of symptomatology at posttreatment. These results were significantly better than those of the control group, with a large treatment-control difference (d = 0.91). TF-CBT is efficacious and is currently the treatment of choice for victims of terrorism who suffer from PTSD or posttraumatic stress symptomatology, even in the very long term, between 6 and 51 years after the terrorist attack.
One hundred and twenty victims of terrorism who had suffered a terrorist attack an average of 18 years ago and who mainly had posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or posttraumatic stress symptomatology were randomized to a 16-session trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) or to a waiting-list control group. No victim who completed treatment had a PTSD diagnosis at posttreatment; these victims showed significantly lower levels of posttraumatic stress symptomatology at posttreatment than at pretreatment, with a large pre-posttreatment difference (d = 1.39), and 78.3% of them showed normal levels of symptomatology at posttreatment. These results were significantly better than those of the control group, with a large treatment-control difference (d = 0.91). TF-CBT is efficacious and is currently the treatment of choice for victims of terrorism who suffer from PTSD or posttraumatic stress symptomatology, even in the very long term, between 6 and 51 years after the terrorist attack.