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- Title
Guidelines for Treatment of PTSD.
- Authors
Foa, Edna B.; Keane, Terence M.; Friedman, Matthew J.
- Abstract
The article discusses the process of developing guidelines for treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PSTD). These treatment guidelines were developed under the auspices of the PTSD Treatment Guidelines Task Force established by the Board of Directors of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. These guidelines are intended to inform the clinician on what were the best practices in the treatment of individuals with a diagnosis of PTSD. PTSD is a serious psychological condition that occurs as a result of experiencing a traumatic event. The symptoms that characterize PTSD are reliving the traumatic event or frightening elements of it, avoidance of thoughts, memories, people and places associated with the event, emotional numbing and symptoms of elevated arousal. These guidelines are intended for adults, adolescents and children who have developed PTSD. Their objective is to assist the clinician in providing treatment to these individuals. Because clinicians with diverse professional backgrounds provide mental health treatment for PTSD, the guidelines were developed with interdisciplinary input.
- Subjects
POST-traumatic stress disorder; GUIDELINES; MENTAL health; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; TASK forces; TRAUMATIC neuroses
- Publication
Journal of Traumatic Stress, 2000, Vol 13, Issue 4, p539
- ISSN
0894-9867
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1023/A:1007802031411