Remove Military Remove Psychiatric Remove Psychology Remove PTSD
article thumbnail

NASW Observes Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Month

Social Work Blog

NASW recognizes June as Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month. PTSD impacts millions of people in the United States. According to the National Center for PTSD, a program of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, about seven or eight of every 100 people will experience PTSD in their lifetime.”

Disorder 103
article thumbnail

Getting Better Outcomes from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Treatments

Society of Clinical Psychology

Several effective treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) exist, yet nearly half of patients continue to have significant symptomatology after receiving them (e.g., Augmentation can include pharmacological treatments, psychological treatments, or novel or emerging treatments such as exercise, acupuncture, or art therapy.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Roadmap toward a neuromodulatory treatment for PTSD and anxiety

Society of Clinical Psychology

Neuromodulation is rapidly emerging as a novel avenue for the treatment of psychiatric conditions, and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), a noninvasive neuromodulation technique, has been shown to be a versatile tool in the arsenal (Lefaucheur et al., 2018) and PTSD (Philip et al., 2018) and anxiety (Diefenbach, Bragdon, et al.,

PTSD 80
article thumbnail

Rethinking the sufficient dose needed for PTSD treatment

Society of Clinical Psychology

Denise Sloan and Brian Marx discusses findings from a recent study published in JAMA Psychiatry that compares the effectiveness of a brief exposure-based therapy for PTSD with Cognitive Processing Therapy with implications for finding the ‘right treatment dose’ for reducing symptoms. Watts et al.). 2012; Nacasch et al.,

PTSD 52
article thumbnail

You Asked, We Answered; 12 Questions about Trauma-Informed-Care

Relias

Trauma, in fact, is a major public health issue and its effects go far past the initial physical or psychological impact. When a child suffers trauma or seriously adverse experiences, it can cause psychological damage that, if left untreated, will worsen over time. Make medical/psychiatric referrals as needed.