Summary: ART: Accelerated Resolution Therapy & PTSD<br> Kevin E. Kip, Ph.D. is a tenured Distinguished Health Professor, epidemiologist, and biostatistician with 18 years of experience on U.S. Federal, Department of Defense, and industry-funded studies. His background is interdisciplinary with more than 170 peer-reviewed publications, and his presentation of new Accelerated Resolution Therapy treatment options is at once engaging, scientifically exciting and heartfelt.<br> <br> With multi-million dollar funding from the U.S. Department of Defense, he established the Research to Improve Emotional Health/Quality of Life of Service Members with Disabilities, (RESTORE LIVES) Center at the University of South Florida. Through this Center, <a href="https://hscweb3.hsc.usf.edu/blog/2016/07/06/usf-public-health-awarded-army-contract-to-train-military-clinicians-in-treatment-of-ptsd/" rel="noopener">he is the leading researcher worldwide in the study of Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)</a>, an emerging, brief, and evidence-based method of psychotherapy for treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related comorbidities.<br> His Prior Work<br> Dr. Kip is previous Principal Investigator of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Dynamic Registry of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) which enrolled approximately 10,000 patients. He was a member of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) - Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides. Dr. Kip is a frequent grant reviewer for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and is studying a range of complementary and alternative medicine therapies for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder.<br> <br> This discussion is, in a word - transformational. Must listen!<br> <br> *Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/yi6dvuynEuo?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Joshua Earle</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/collections/654361/trauma?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a><br> <br> Ed Note: Sign up below to stay tuned for another remarkably interesting interview with <a href="https://artherapyinternational.org/about-art-international/kelly-breeding/" rel="noopener">Kelly Breeding MSW, Executive Director of ART International,</a> the training and resource center for ART training and treatment services. If you would like treatment or training, she will tell us more about their remarkably predictive results at ART International for those stuck alone, out on the road of life, with no pathway home. PTSD is a biomedical and emotional problem. Kelly will go live at <a href="http://corebrainjournal.com/205" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://corebrainjournal.com/205</a> on March 22, '18.<br> --------------<br> References & Website - Take note of the word "Brief" here:<br> <br> * Kip KE, Elk CA, Sullivan KL, Kadel R, Lengacher CA, Long CJ, Rosenzweig L, Shuman A, Hernandez DF, Street JD, Girling SA, Diamond DM. Brief treatment of symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by use of Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART). Behavioral Sciences 2012; 2(2): 115-134. PMID: 23482431<br> * Kip KE, Sullivan KL, Lengacher CA, Rosenzweig L, Hernandez DF, Kadel R, Kozel FA, Shuman A, Girling SA, Hardwick MJ, Diamond DM. Brief treatment of co-occurring post-traumatic stress and depressive symptoms by use of accelerated resolution therapy. Frontiers in Psychiatry 2013; 4 (article 11):1-12. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00011 PMID: 23482431<br> * 3. Kip, KE, Rosenzweig L, Hernandez DF, Shuman A, Sullivan KL., Long CJ, Taylor J, McGhee S, Girling SA, Wittenberg, T, Sahebzamani, FM, Lengacher CA, Kadel R, Diamond DM. Randomized controlled trial of accelerated resolution therapy (ART) for symptoms of combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Military Medicine 2013; 178: 1298-1309.
