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Melissa S. Wattenberg
Researcher at VA Boston Healthcare System
Publications - 4
Citations - 494
Melissa S. Wattenberg is an academic researcher from VA Boston Healthcare System. The author has contributed to research in topics: Group psychotherapy & Randomized controlled trial. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 4 publications receiving 453 citations.
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Randomized Trial of Trauma-Focused Group Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Results From a Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study
Paula P. Schnurr,Matthew J. Friedman,David W. Foy,M. Tracie Shea,Frank Hsieh,Philip W. Lavori,Shirley M. Glynn,Melissa S. Wattenberg,Nancy C. Bernardy +8 more
TL;DR: The difference between the effectiveness and adequate dose findings suggests the possible value of methods to enhance the delivery of cognitive-behavioral treatments in clinical practice settings.
Randomized Trial of Trauma-Focused Group Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Paula P. Schnurr,Matthew J. Friedman,David W. Foy,M. Tracie Shea,Frank Hsieh,Philip W. Lavori,Shirley M. Glynn,Melissa S. Wattenberg,Nancy C. Bernardy +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, an intention-to-treat analyses of data from participants who received an adequate dose of treatment suggested that traumafocused group therapy reduced avoidance and numbing and, possibly, PTSD symptoms.
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Moderators of PTSD symptom change in group cognitive behavioral therapy and group present centered therapy.
J. Gayle Beck,Joshua D. Clapp,William Unger,Melissa S. Wattenberg,Denise M. Sloan,Denise M. Sloan +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, multilevel models were used to assess trajectories of symptom clusters in male veterans receiving trauma focused Group Cognitive Behavioral Treatment (gCBT) or non-trauma focused Group Present Centered Therapy (gPCT).
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Present-Centered Supportive Group Therapy for Trauma Survivors
TL;DR: In the wake of terrorism, survivors must balance two competing tasks: to make sense of the trauma, and to reestablish a secure foundation in the face of intrusions that overwhelm the current time frame as mentioned in this paper.