What are the tools to treat PTSD?
The basic tools for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder are: • Individual psychotherapy that is targeted at symptom clusters • Peer group support, especially for chronic PTSD • Medication Various clinicians and clinics have their own methods for treating PTSD. A survey of PTSD experts, however, seems to conclude that for milder acute (early) PTSD, stress debriefing and early individual psychotherapy are especially important. For more severe acute PTSD, medication, critical incident stress debriefing, and group and individual psychotherapy should be started in combination. For mild, chronic PTSD in children, adolescents, and geriatric (senior) patients, the treatment is psychotherapy. For milder, chronic PTSD in adults, combination treatment is again used with stress debriefing, medications, and group and individual psychotherapy. What are the types of psychotherapy for PTSD? The next question is, what kind of psychotherapy should be used for PTSD? An example would be a pers
