Dial-A-Therapist for PTSD?

Victims of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) may get as much benefit from teletherapy – therapy via teleconferencing – as they do from traditional face-to-face therapy.

Stephane Guay of the University of Montreal had 17 post-traumatic stress victims in a rural area undergo 16-25 sessions of teletherapy with Montreal therapists.

A control group of PSTD patients received face-to-face therapy. Both groups had 75 percent to 80 percent of their members overcoming their chronic post-traumatic stress.

The researcher believes that patients may actually prefer having a certain amount of distance between them and the therapist. Read the full article to find out more about how the treatment was conducted.

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