Implementing In Vivo Exposure for PTSD: How to Create an Exposure Hierarchy
Associate Vice-Chair of Clinical Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine
Director, Emory Healthcare Veterans Program
Director, Emory Trauma and Anxiety Recovery Program
Paul A. Janssen Chair in Neuropsychopharmacology
Key Points
- Ask what the patient needs to learn, then construct a hierarchy.
- Rate their SUDS now, toward the end, and at the end of therapy.
- Choose items that the patient can stay in long enough for their anxiety to decrease.
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