Face-to-face or Guided Internet-based Cognitive Behavior Therapy?

This ‘Journal Watch’ summarizes the study entitled “Guided, internet based, cognitive behavioural therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder: pragmatic, multicentre, randomised controlled non-inferiority trial (RAPID),” published in the BMJ, 2022. Authors:  Bisson J, Ariti C, Cullen K, Kitchiner N, Lewis C, Roberts NP, Simon N, Smallman K, Addison K, Bell V, Howell LB, Cosgrove S, Ehlers A, Fitzsimmons D, Craggs PF, Harris SR, Kelson M,  Lovell K, McKenna M, McNamara R, Nollett C, Pickles T, Thomas RW. ## Rationale of the study ## Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can arise from witnessing traumatic events involving death, severe injury, or sexual violence.

The best treatment approach is cognitive behavioral therapy with trauma focus (CBT-TF); and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). However, the limited number and timely availability of trained therapists is a…