1. hand trauma, beliefs & outcomes 1
Mervin Smucker reported on 3 research studies done at the Medical College of Wisconsin with PTSD sufferers following traumatic hand injuries.
study 1 involved 630 adult accident victims with PTSD. Prolonged exposure treatment produced 90% positive response when fear was the main PTSD emotion, but only 15% positive response when anger shame, guilt, or mental defeat was the main emotion.
Smucker MR. How does theory inform practice in the treatment of intrusive memories? EABCT Annual Conference. Manchester, 2004

2. hand trauma, beliefs & outcomes 2
study 2 involved 55 adolescents with PTSD following hand injuries. PE resulted in 89% response when fear main emotion, but only 18-19% when guilt/self-blame or anger was main emotion
study 3 involved 23 adults with PTSD after hand injuries who had failed to respond to sessions of prolonged exposure (PE) % (18/23) showed significant improve ment with a further 1-3 sessions of imagery rescript-ing with gains well maintained at 6 month follow-up