Multicomponent behavioral treatment for chronic combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder: A randomized controlled trial

▶ Two interventions, exposure and Trauma Management Therapy were both efficacious in producing statistically significant and clinically meaningful reductions in PTSD symptoms in a group of Vietnam-era veterans with severe and chronic PTSD. ▶ Only participants in the TMT group showed increased frequency in social activities and greater time spent in social activities, supporting the hypothesis that TMT alone would result in improved social functioning. ▶ Trauma Management Therapy, a multi-component CBT, shows promise for improving social functioning beyond that provided by exposure therapy alone, particularly by increasing social engagement/interpersonal functioning over exposure alone.