Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment

Treatments For PTSD

Virginia J. Duffy PhD, NPP

There are a number of different treatments for PTSD. They all aim to decrease the uncomfortable symptoms being experienced by those with PTSD. They can all be helpful.

One of the main goals of treatment for PTSD is to help the person recognize and talk about the event. Talking about something traumatic can seem to worsen things at first and is often very hard to do. This is why so many people with PTSD avoid reminders and counseling. Over the long run however not talking about it may make the symptoms worse. Talking helps the person with PTSD take control of the symptoms and decrease the power they have in his/her life.

Talk therapy can be done using different models of treatment such as cognitive behavioral therapy, relationship therapy, crisis intervention and more.

Other therapies such as desensitization and EMDR are less about talk although this is a part of almost all treatments.

Medications can be helpful for some symptoms of PTSD such as anxiety or depression.

Below you will find links to articles that will tell you much more about specific treatments for PTSD.

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