Treatment PTSD

Question 1

Single Session Debriefing

Answer 1

phases: sharing experience, emotions etc. Not helpful to prevention of ptsd

Question 2

Guidelines

Answer 2

1. Diagnosis
2. First choice treatment
3. Try other first choice treatment
4. Intensified care
5. Alternative treatment

Question 3

First choice treatment 1-4 (most evidence)

Answer 3

Imaginal/prolonged exposure
Cognitive therapy/ processing therapy
EMDR
Trauma focused CBT

Question 4

First choice 5-8

Answer 4

Brief Eclectic Psychotherapy
Narrative Exposure Therapy
Writing therapy
Imaginal rescripting

Question 5

EMDR

Answer 5

Memory theory. They’re stable in your long term memory. You bring them forward to working memory which is labile, limited capacity. By completing task you reduce vividness and emotional memory. The modified memory is reconsolidated into long term