Implementation of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in VA Specialty Clinics

Abstract

Few patients with PTSD received evidence-based psychotherapy for PTSD during their first six months of treatment at a VA specialty PTSD clinic. The implementation framework poorly predicted factors associated with uptake of evidence-based psychotherapy. These results suggest that additional research is needed to understand implementation of evidence-based therapy in mental health settings.