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Cognitive processing therapy (CPT) — a 12-session manual-based psychotherapy that uses cognitive techniques to challenge dysfunctional cognitions about past trauma and about people, oneself, and the world in the present — has been found to be effective for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It is usually administered in a group setting. Now, investigators have compared benefits of 12 sessions of group versus individual CPT in a randomized study involving 268 active-duty U.S. soldiers with PTSD.
The treatments occurred twice-weekly, either 90-minute group sessions or 60-minute individual sessions. PTSD severity improved significantly in both groups. However, the change was twice as great with individual CPT, and this difference persisted …