Readiness to Change in PTSD Treatment

Speaker:
Ronald T. Murphy, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology, Dillard University, New Orleans, LA

Overview:
The purpose of this broadcast is to review clinical issues and research findings in the treatment of combat-related PTSD, which led to the application of readiness to change concepts to PTSD; review research on readiness to change PTSD among inpatient combat veterans; present an overview of the PTSD Motivation Enhancement Group; and describe a proposed model of PTSD treatment failure based on the Stages of Change model.

Goals:
After the completion of this program, participants should be able to:

1. discuss a Stages of Change model of readiness to change PTSD, and the relevance of this model to client response to treatment;
2. describe research findings regarding readiness to change PTSD;
3. explain the rationale and techniques of the PTSD Motivation Enhancement Group, a brief therapy intervention aimed at reducing patients' ambivalence about changing PTSD symptoms; and
4. describe a proposed model of PTSD treatment failure based on a readiness to change conceptualization.

Part 1: Introduction; PTSD Readiness to Change Model (21:24)

Part 2: Why PTSD Patients may be unaware of the need to change (17:42)

Part 3: Research Findings (14:54)

Part 4: PTSD Readiness to Change; Treatment Approaches (12:49)

Part 5: PTSD ME Group (16:40)

Part 6: Research Agenda; Summary (18:37)