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Question: Among adolescent girls with sexual abuse-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), does treatment with prolonged exposure therapy, compared to treatment with supportive counseling, reduce PTSD severity?
Question type: Intervention
Study design: Randomized controlled
Investigators from the University of Pennsylvania and Southern Methodist University conducted a study to examine the effects of counselor-delivered prolonged exposure therapy compared with supportive counseling for adolescents with sexual abuse-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Females aged 13 to 18 years who sought treatment at a community-based rape crisis center in Philadelphia and who carried a primary diagnosis of PTSD related to sexual abuse that occurred at least 3 months prior to study assessment were recruited …
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