What types of PTSD treatments have been studied?

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Department of Veterans Affairs ; National Center for PTSD

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LIVE-Timeline of PTSD Treatment Studies Showing Each Study Class - metadata.txt text/plain 10.3 KB 04/10/2026 12:00:AM
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Department of Veterans Affairs , and National Center for PTSD.   What types of PTSD treatments have been studied? Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2026-04-19. https://doi.org/10.3886/E247497V1

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Project Title:  View help for Project Title What types of PTSD treatments have been studied?
Summary:  View help for Summary
“There are 583 studies of PTSD treatments in adults. These are randomized controlled trials--meaning, participants were assigned at random to an intervention group to test how effective a treatment is. 
Almost half of these studies are therapy trials (44% or 254 of the 583).
There are fewer, but still many, medication studies (18% or 104 of the 583).
And there are also studies that include both therapy and medications (7% or 38 of the 583).”
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://ptsd-va.data.socrata.com/stories/s/4mi2-pg8b

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Veterans; Veterans Affairs; PTSD; PTSD Treatments; PTSD Repository; Psychotherapy; Pharmacotherapy
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1/1/1988 – 4/17/2025
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes (Downloaded 2026-04-10)


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