Journal of Traumatic Stress Disorders & TreatmentISSN: 2324-8947

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Hannah C McLane Author

Subjects of specialization
Neurology, Preventive medicine, Health, PTSD

Affiliation
Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 3900 Woodland Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

Biography

Hannah C. McLane received her medical degree from Brown University and has been in practice between 3-5 years. His current research interests include the Preventive medicine specialists work to prevent disease and maintain health in individuals and populations. Public health is a large focus, as is occupational medicine.


Publications

Research Article Open Access

Outcome Expectancy for Prolonged Exposure Therapy Predicts Symptom Improvement in Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Author(s):

Hannah C McLane*, J Ben Barnes, Frances S Shofer and Jason T Goodson

Objective: This study explores outcome expectancies – how much a patient believes a therapy will result in improvement – as a predictor of outcome of prolonged exposure therapy (PE) in veterans with PTSD.

Methods: Prior to PE therapy, veterans were administered a PTSD treatment expectations (PTE) survey consisting of three 11-point Likert scale questions with possible scores of 0-30. The primary outcome was changes in total PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) scores before and after PE therapy. ANOVA in repeated measures was used to evaluate the association between PTE tertiles and PTSD symptom changes.

Results: 57 veterans consented and 35 (61.4%) completed therapy. Mean differences in PCL-5 scores pre-/pos... view moreĀ»

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