effectiveness of stress management training on reducing perceived stress in veterans with ptsd

Aims in iran, a significant group of warriors and veterans suffer from post-traumatic stressdisorder (ptsd). efforts have been made to evaluate a variety of psychological treatments.this study aimed at determining the effectiveness of stress management training on reducingperceived stress in veterans with ptsd.materials & methods in this semi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test design withcontrol group conducted in 2017-18, 22 veterans with ptsd, who were hospitalized in issarpsychiatric hospital of ardabil, were selected by available sampling method and they wererandomly assigned into experimental group (11 veterans) and control group (11 veterans).the data collection tools were perceived stress scale and mississippi ptsd scale. patients inthe experimental group received stress management training for 10 sessions. the data wereanalyzed by spss 21 software, using one-variable anova, covariance analysis and multivariatevariance.findings there was a significant difference between perceived stress scores and ptsdsymptoms in post-test stage, and stress management training reduced perceived stress andptsd symptoms in veterans with ptsd in the experimental group (p=0.001).conclusion stress management training is effective in reducing perceived stress and ptsdsymptoms in veterans with ptsd.