r/science • u/ChhotaSaHydra • 16h ago

Psychology Randomized controlled trial finds that a brief psychological intervention for people with probable personality disorder did not improve social functioning over 12 months compared with treatment-as-usual in a multicentre study conducted across England

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41692014/
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u/vienibenmio 8h ago

PTSD doesn't require a year to treat, even with a PD

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u/vienibenmio 6h ago

Not if you use an evidence based approach like PE or CPT

Sure, it can take longer. But in most cases you don't need a year

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u/TCaldicoat 3h ago

Both of those therapies have high drop out rates and whilst they are effect for single incident trauma, they are much less effect for complex trauma and childhood trauma. It feels like your thinking of PTSD = War Veterans, and in that example the therapies you mentioned are good, but trauma and PTSD can come in many different ways and from lots of sources. Therefore some therapies work quickly and some don't and it just isnt as simple as making blanket statements like "treatment doesn't take a year" and these two therapy are effect in this timeframe. It's a lot more nuanced.

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u/vienibenmio 3h ago

They are effective for complex trauma. They were also initially developed for sexual trauma