Recent Advances in the Treatment of PTSD

Dr. Mark Powers discusses the nature, causes, and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This will include a description of the components of Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE) and their application. He will also discuss the evidence-base of PE for PTSD and future research directions.

Dr. Mark Powers is a licensed clinical psychologist and the Director of Trauma Research at Baylor University Medical Center. His research is funded by NIH, DoD, DARPA, and HHS spanning three areas: a) treatment and prevention of PTSD, b) resilience training, and c) non-opioid pain management. Dr. Powers was certified in prolonged exposure therapy for PTSD at the University of Pennsylvania with Dr. Edna Foa and he was a Beck Scholar at the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research. He has over 150 publications and is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.