Norr AM, et al. - The effects of exposure therapy on suicidal ideation (SI), as well as potential mechanistic pathways of SI reduction were investigated among active duty military personnel. They performed a randomized clinical trial including active duty army soldiers from a military base in the U.S. and compared Prolonged Exposure (PE), Virtual Reality Exposure (VRE), and a wait-list control for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) stemming from deployments to Iraq or Afghanistan. Successful reduction in SI was observed with PE/VRE. The presence of SI at baseline did not affect PTSD symptom reduction, supporting PE/VRE as a valuable strategy to address suicidality among individuals with PTSD. As per mediation analyses, reductions in SI were achieved early in treatment.