"Putting the Intense in IOP" - A year's worth of PTSD treatment in two weeks

So, in this two weeks, participants are engaging in over 50 hours of clinical care, So, it's almost a year's worth of treatment in this two-week model. And so, you know, we joke that this is really putting the intense in Intensive Outpatient Treatment because we know that we have that individual for such a short amount of time. And particularly with post-traumatic stress disorder, one of the primary symptoms is avoidance, so it's really easy, you know, for someone to be overcome by that, and to feel, you know. Once they start addressing some of those more challenging symptoms associated with PTSD, doing that in a more traditional outpatient setting, it can be hard to want to come back, you know, despite how warm and caring the clinician is. It's hard to not be overtaken by some of this avoidance. And so coming to treatment, knowing that you're going to get this done in two weeks. And, you know, the outcomes are incredible and, you know, patients report feeling better, you know, on day two of treatment and so they get a taste of what life could feel like and how different things can be and so they stay engaged and they're busy.

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