Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is classified as an anxiety disorder that occurs in people who have suffered a traumatic event or experience. Experts agree that this disorder may be treated together with medications and psychotherapy sessions.
PTSD is characterized by three primary symptoms: reliving the trauma of past experiences, avoidance patterns, and hyperarousal.
Therapists may recommend a combination of medication prescriptions to treat a patient’s symptoms of PTSD, depending on the severity and symptoms that the patient suffers from. Antipsychotics, antidepressants, and anti-anxiety medications are just some of the means used to treat anxiety and emotional disturbances related to PTSD.
However, any care provider treating a patient for PTSD should always be mindful of the potentially harmful side effects associated with the administration of antipsychotic and antidepressant medication.
Psychotherapeutic treatment usually involves “Talk” therapy and other different methods of treatment choices that treat the patient’s problem, either singularly or in conjunction with one another. Some types of PTSD therapy may include:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy may be able to help survivors to internalize and process their feelings and memories associated with the traumatic event. This therapy is recommended for survivors because they tend to remember their traumatic experiences differently, which sometimes involves survivor’s guilt or shame.
Exposure Therapy is recommended for patients to desensitize and help them confront any fears and anxieties. Survivors who undergo this therapy may be taught to properly cope with reliving their traumatic pasts and deal with avoidance. Guided mental imagery, therapeutic writing, and group therapy are just some of the tools used in this type of treatment.
Stress coping therapy utilizes a mix of cognitive behavioral therapy and exposure therapy to treat a patients stress and anxiety in order to improve their outlook on their memories.
Findings from studies and experts suggest that the success of any therapy for patients with PTSD increases when friends, family and other support systems exist for patients to draw strength from.
Find out more info on treatments for PTSD, contact YRPS (York Region Psychological Services).
PTSD is characterized by three primary symptoms: reliving the trauma of past experiences, avoidance patterns, and hyperarousal.
Therapists may recommend a combination of medication prescriptions to treat a patient’s symptoms of PTSD, depending on the severity and symptoms that the patient suffers from. Antipsychotics, antidepressants, and anti-anxiety medications are just some of the means used to treat anxiety and emotional disturbances related to PTSD.
However, any care provider treating a patient for PTSD should always be mindful of the potentially harmful side effects associated with the administration of antipsychotic and antidepressant medication.
Psychotherapeutic treatment usually involves “Talk” therapy and other different methods of treatment choices that treat the patient’s problem, either singularly or in conjunction with one another. Some types of PTSD therapy may include:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy may be able to help survivors to internalize and process their feelings and memories associated with the traumatic event. This therapy is recommended for survivors because they tend to remember their traumatic experiences differently, which sometimes involves survivor’s guilt or shame.
Exposure Therapy is recommended for patients to desensitize and help them confront any fears and anxieties. Survivors who undergo this therapy may be taught to properly cope with reliving their traumatic pasts and deal with avoidance. Guided mental imagery, therapeutic writing, and group therapy are just some of the tools used in this type of treatment.
Stress coping therapy utilizes a mix of cognitive behavioral therapy and exposure therapy to treat a patients stress and anxiety in order to improve their outlook on their memories.
Findings from studies and experts suggest that the success of any therapy for patients with PTSD increases when friends, family and other support systems exist for patients to draw strength from.
Find out more info on treatments for PTSD, contact YRPS (York Region Psychological Services).