Editorial, J Trauma Stress Disor Treat Vol: 2 Issue: 1
Current Treatment Approaches for PTSD-Substance Use Disorder Comorbidity
| Bryce Hruska1 and Douglas L. Delahanty1,2* |
| 1Kent State University, Department of Psychology, Ohio, USA |
| 2Northeastern Ohio Medical University (NEOMED), Department of Psychology in Psychiatry, Rootstown, Ohio, USA |
| Corresponding author : Douglas L. Delahanty Department of Psychology, 118 Kent Hall, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA Tel: (330) 672-2395; Fax: (330) 672-3786 E-mail: ddelahan@kent.edu |
| Received: September 17, 2012 Accepted: September 22, 2012 Published: September 29, 2012 |
| Citation: Hruska1 B, Delahanty DL (2012) Current Treatment Approaches for PTSD-Substance Use Disorder Comorbidity. J Trauma Stress Disor Treat 2:1. doi:10.4172/2324-8947.1000e105 |
Abstract
Current Treatment Approaches for PTSD-Substance Use Disorder Comorbidity
Recent years have seen a rise in the number of empirically supported treatments for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). One of the most effective treatments is prolonged exposure (PE), which involves in vivo and imaginal exposure to avoided cues and reminders related to a trauma in order to aid in emotionally processing memories of that traumatic event. However, despite the effectiveness of treatments including PE, efforts to treat PTSD are often complicated by the presence of comorbidities; perhaps most commonly, comorbid substance use disorder (SUD) which affects nearly 50% of people with PTSD.
| Bryce Hruska1 and Douglas L. Delahanty1,2* |
| 1Kent State University, Department of Psychology, Ohio, USA |
| 2Northeastern Ohio Medical University (NEOMED), Department of Psychology in Psychiatry, Rootstown, Ohio, USA |
| Corresponding author : Douglas L. Delahanty Department of Psychology, 118 Kent Hall, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA Tel: (330) 672-2395; Fax: (330) 672-3786 E-mail: ddelahan@kent.edu |
| Received: September 17, 2012 Accepted: September 22, 2012 Published: September 29, 2012 |
| Citation: Hruska1 B, Delahanty DL (2012) Current Treatment Approaches for PTSD-Substance Use Disorder Comorbidity. J Trauma Stress Disor Treat 2:1. doi:10.4172/2324-8947.1000e105 |
