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The review aims to summarize how changes in PTSD symptoms during psychotherapy have been investigated from 2000 to 2023.

Psychotherapy for PTSD – a scoping review of how change during treatment has been studied

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Scoping review maps research on PTSD symptom changes during therapy, highlighting key mechanisms and assessment methods.

The review aims to summarize how changes in PTSD symptoms during psychotherapy have been investigated from 2000 to 2023.
Systematic scoping review following PRISMA guidelines.
Included studies focused on adults with PTSD and evidence-based psychotherapies with three repeated assessments.
115 eligible studies were analyzed for their objectives, measurements, demographics, and analytic methods.
Most studies (82%) were conducted in the U.S., primarily involving veterans or active military (50%).
Prolonged Exposure (50%) and Cognitive Processing Therapy (31%) were the dominant treatments.
207 research objectives were grouped into 16 categories, with a focus on temporal precedence and identifying change trajectories.

Mejía et al. (2026) studied this question.

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