Trauma-focused or non-trauma-focused? Treatment preferences and expectancies among veterans with co-occurring posttraumatic stress disorder and substance use disorder.

Key Points

• The study explores treatment preferences and expectancies for trauma-focused therapy among veterans with co-occurring PTSD and substance use disorder.
• Surveyed veterans with PTSD and substance use disorder
• Assessed treatment preferences between trauma-focused and non-trauma-focused interventions
• Evaluated the relationship between symptom severity and treatment expectancies
• A significant proportion preferred trauma-focused therapy
• Higher symptom severity did not predict lower preferences for trauma-focused therapy