BEHAVIORAL ACTIVATION AND THERAPEUTIC EXPOSURE FOR POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER: A NONINFERIORITY TRIAL OF TREATMENT DELIVERED IN PERSON VERSUS HOME‐BASED TELEHEALTH

Combat veterans returning to society with impairing mental health conditions such as PTSD and major depression (MD) report significant barriers to care related to aspects of traditional psychotherapy service delivery (e.g., stigma, travel time, and cost). Hence, alternate treatment delivery methods are needed. Home‐based telehealth (HBT) is one such option; however, this delivery mode has not been compared to in person, clinic‐based care for PTSD in adequately powered trials. The present study was designed to compare relative noninferiority of evidence‐based psychotherapies for PTSD and MD, specifically Behavioral Activation and Therapeutic Exposure (BA‐TE), when delivered via HBT versus in person, in clinic delivery.

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