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There is an urgent need to develop new strategies to improve treatment response. Training people to recall specific positive memories may augment treatment gains in TF\u2010CBT. We conducted a controlled trial in Australia with current or former first responders (including police, firefighters and paramedics) with PTSD, who were randomized on a 1:1 basis to 12 weekly 90\u2010min individual sessions of either TF\u2010CBT combined with memory specificity training (TF\u2010CBT\/MT) or TF\u2010CBT alone. The primary outcome was change in PTSD severity independently assessed at baseline, post\u2010treatment, and six months after treatment (primary outcome timepoint). Secondary outcomes included measures of depression, trauma\u2010related cognitions, alcohol use, and quality of life. Between October 2021 and May 2023, fifty participants were randomized to TF\u2010CBT\/MT, and fifty to TF\u2010CBT alone. Most participants were males (71.0%) and the mean age was 46.8\u00b19.9 years. 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