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The main treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) are psychological therapies and medicine. Traumatic events can be very difficult to come to terms with, but confronting your feelings and seeking professional help is often the only way of effectively treating ptsd. It's possible for ptsd to be successfully treated many years after the traumatic event or events occurred, which means it's never too late to seek help. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Havening https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Havening
Post-traumatic stress disorder treatment can help you regain a sense of control over your life. The primary treatment is psychotherapy, but can also include medication. Combining these treatments can help improve your symptoms by: teaching you skills to address your symptoms helping you think better about yourself, others and the world learning ways to cope if any symptoms arise again treating other problems often related to traumatic experiences, such as depression, anxiety, or misuse of alcohol or drugs you don't have to try to handle the burden of ptsd on your own.
Children and young people
Children, adolescents, and young people may also experience trauma and develop psychological problems. In most respects their reactions are similar to adults. But there are differences. For younger children, especially, there may be repetitive play in which themes related to the trauma are acted out. There may be a regression to behaviours typical of when the child was younger, (typically in toileting or language).
As adults we have to be careful to listen to children and to watch what they do as they may not be able to put into words how they are feeling and what difficulties they may be having.
For children and young people with ptsd, trauma-focused cbt is usually recommended. This normally involves individual sessions that will be adapted to suit the child's age, circumstances and level of development. Sometimes the child's family can be involved in the treatment. Treatment with medicine is not usually recommended for children and young people with ptsd. Content supplied by the nhs and adapted for ireland by the hse.
Apa’s clinical practice guideline strongly recommends four interventions for treating posttraumatic stress disorder, and conditionally recommends another four. The information below about the recommended interventions is intended to provide clinicians with a basic understanding of the specific treatment approach. Clinicians are encouraged to become familiar with each of the different interventions to determine which of these might be consistent with their practice, to develop a plan for additional training and professional development, and to become informed about the range of evidence-based treatment options in order to help patients with decision making and any necessary referrals. The information contained herein is not sufficient to enable one to become proficient in delivering these treatments.
Anyone exposed to trauma can develop post traumatic stress disorder, and it can cause a wide variety of physical, mental and emotional symptoms – find out more about ptsd on this page here.