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Physical and psychological acts of aggression are common in veterans with military post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and contribute strongly to impairments in work and social and interpersonal functioning. To examine whether psychotherapy improves these symptoms and whether the improvements are linked to changes in other PTSD symptoms, researchers used latent growth curve modeling in an analysis of results from three randomized trials of psychotherapy in veterans with PTSD (N=592; cognitive processing therapy, prolonged exposure, and present-centered therapy; treatment length, 6–8 weeks).
Based on assessments at 2 weeks posttreatment and at 6- and 12-month follow-ups, treatment was associated with decreases from pretreatment in both psyc…