Evidence Based Practice Model Essay

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The evidence based practice model that I have selected is Prolonged Exposure (PE) Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. PE is a Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorders, which focuses on cognitive-behavioral treatment program for adults who have experienced single or multiple/continuous traumas and have posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This intervention consists of a course of individual therapy designed to help clients process traumatic events and reduce their PTSD symptoms as well as depression, anger and general anxiety. Treatment is individualized and usually consists of 8-15 sessions once or twice weekly for 90 minute each. The treatment length can be shortened or lengthened depending on the client (Children, Youth and Families Mental Health Evidence-Based Practice Project, 2001). …show more content…

I also see this working for those in my family who have pre conceived notions of how there life is supposed to be based on societal notions such as you are supposed to be poor, uneducated and a single family home. There is a part in the PE that allows you to envision a path and hopefully it can be incorporated where they can envision a new path for their life. I also believe that this intervention will help with “Improved family and peer relationships; Decreased involvement with law enforcement and the juvenile justice system; Decreased rates of substance use and abuse; and Reduction in self-harm and suicide related behaviors.” (National Alliance on Mental Illness, 2007, p.

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