Time-limited psychotherapy with Operation Desert Storm veterans

Time‐limited psychotherapy conducted 2 to 9 months after demobilization was evaluated with Persian Gulf Theater veterans of Operation Desert Storm (ODS). Thirty five treatment‐seeking veterans were contrasted with 20 non‐treatment‐seeking ODS Persian Gulf veterans in a repeated measures design at pretest, posttest, and 6‐week followup assessments. In addition, psychotherapy participants at followup were contrasted with 80 non‐treatment‐seeking ODS Persian Gulf veterans from the same military units who were assessed one time at a comparable time point. Time‐limited psychotherapy was associated with sustained improved psychosocial functioning and reduced levels of psychiatric and stress‐related symptomatology.