Tag: post-traumatic stress disorder

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Maria in KI podcast Medicinvetarna

In the latest episode of KI’s podcast Medicinvetarna, Maria Bragesjö talks about her area of expertise post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

In the episode, she explains the difference between trauma as used in everyday speech and PTSD as a psychiatric diagnosis. Trauma in PTSD means that the person has been exposed to a threat, violence or accident that has caused fear for their life. In addition, the diagnosis includes criteria such as re-experiencing, avoidance and increased vigilance.

Listen to the episode here (in Swedish).

Maria’s current research at Rücklab

  • Intensive treatment for PTSD (I-PE) – An RCT investigating the effect, speed of recovery, and cost-effectiveness of intensive treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), compared to gold-standard trauma focused CBT. Read more about the project here.
  • Digital PE for PTSD – A feasibility study of internet-delivered prolonged exposure for patients with PTSD. Read more about the project here.
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Registration open for study on internet-delivered prolonged exposure for PTSD

The registration is now open for our study investigating the feasibility of internet-delivered prolonged exposure for patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Click here if you are interested in participating in the study, receiving internet-delivered psychological treatment for PTSD (Swedish)

Psychological treatments, commonly using trauma focused cognitive-behavioral techniques, like prolonged exposure (PE) are today recommended as first-line treatments for PTSD. Unfortunately, this treatment is not available to everyone who needs it. Therefore, we are investigating the feasibility of internet-delivered prolonged exposure for patients with PTSD.

Primal investigator of the project is Maria Bragesjö.