PTSD treatment in the Danish psychiatric services: Effectiveness of routine treatment and feasibility of an mHealth intervention

Frederik Bernt Scharff

Abstract

The number of patients seeking treatment for PTSD in the mental health services of the capital region of Denmark (MHS-CRD) has been increasing significantly. This creates a need for tools to increase treatment outcomes at low-to-no cost and underlines the need for research into the effectiveness of existing treatments in naturalistic clinical settings. Therefore, the aims of this thesis were to: 1) investigate the effectiveness of PTSD treatment provided in the MHS-CRD in a naturalistic sample and 2) to investigate the feasibility of implementing a mental health mobile application (mHealth) for PTSD-patients in the MHS-CRD. The two studies included in the thesis showed a limited effectiveness of the existing treatment in the MHS-CRD, as well as a significant gender difference in treatment outcome. Further, the studies illustrated challenges in implementing mHealth interventions for PTSD-patients, and a need for further research into how to optimize the effect of these in psychiatric PTSD-populations.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
StatusUdgivet - 2022

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