Post traumatic stress syndrome

David Forbes discusses the assessment and management of post traumatic stress syndrome (in particular the role of trauma focussed psychological therapy). GPs can assist patients who have experienced trauma within the past 2 weeks by providing psychological first aid, and monitoring and assessment for the development of acute stress disorder and symptoms of PTSD. Trauma focused psychological treatment is the first line of treatment for PTSD, and in this interview David Forbes outlines what is involved in this specialised form of cognitive behavioural therapy.

Source: Australian Family Physician audio - February 28, 2009 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts