Douglas L. Delahanty Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Behavioral Neuroscience, Psychological Science
Northeastern Ohio Medical University (NEOMED), Department of Psychology in Psychiatry, Rootstown, Ohio, USA
Editorial Open Access
Author(s): Bryce Hruska and Douglas L. Delahanty
Current Treatment Approaches for PTSD-Substance Use Disorder Comorbidity
Recent years have seen a rise in the number of empirically supported treatments for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). One of the most effective treatments is prolonged exposure (PE), which involves in vivo and imaginal exposure to avoided cues and reminders related to a trauma in order to aid in emotionally processing memories of that traumatic event. However, despite the effectiveness of treatments including PE, efforts to treat PTSD are often complicated by the presence of comorbidities; perhaps most comm... view moreĀ»