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Chapter 25 - Cognitive-behavioral treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder

from Section 3 - Clinical perspectives: assessment and treatment of trauma spectrum disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 May 2011

By
Kathleen M. Chard  and
Amy F. Buckley
Edited by
Ruth A. Lanius ,
Eric Vermetten  and
Clare Pain
Ruth A. Lanius
Affiliation:
University of Western Ontario
Eric Vermetten
Affiliation:
Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
Clare Pain
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
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Summary

This chapter reviews the literature regarding the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral treatments (CBT) interventions on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related symptoms. General standards of CBT and efficacy based treatment research are discussed. The chapter further explores specific trauma-based therapies. The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) has published practice guidelines for PTSD, including assessment and treatment suggestions. The guidelines review the methodological considerations that should be taken into account when conducting a clinical trial. Typically, PTSD treatments incorporate psychoeducation, basic CBT principles and the addition of one or more trauma-focused CBT techniques such as exposure, cognitive restructuring, written narrative or imagery rehearsal. Cognitive-processing therapy was created as a manualized cognitive behavioral protocol to treat PTSD and related symptoms in rape survivors. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) has been effective in treating male war veterans, rape victims and other trauma patients.

Keywords

anxiety disordersearly life stressexternalizingdisorderspsychiatric riskpsychiatric resilienceneurobiological systemsgenes and environment interactionmood disorders
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The Impact of Early Life Trauma on Health and Disease
The Hidden Epidemic
 , pp. 268 - 277
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010

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