Post-Traumatic Stress

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Title:   Posttraumatic stress disorder
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a set of mental health reactions that can develop in people who have experienced or witnessed an event that threatens their life or safety, or that of others around them. This can be a car or other serious accident, physical or sexual assault, war-related events or torture, or natural disasters such as bushfires or floods. Effective treatments are available for PTSD.
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   Workplace health - coping with a critical incident
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   A critical incident is any event or series of events that is sudden, overwhelming, threatening or protracted. This may be an assault, threats, severe injury, death, fire or a bomb threat. Critical Incident Stress Management aims to help workers deal with the normal emotional reactions that may result from involvement in or exposure to critical incidents in the workplace.
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Program of assistance for survivors of torture and trauma
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Program of Assistance for Survivors of Torture and Trauma (PASTT) provides specialised support services to people who are experiencing psychological or psychosocial difficulties associated with surviving torture and trauma before coming to Australia.
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Trauma
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Trauma is something that can harm you body (an injury) or your mind (makes you feel very frightened). This topic is about trauma to your mind.
Date:   Oct 2010
Title:   Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   Posttraumatic stress disorder is an anxiety disorder - one of a range of psychological reactions you can have to a traumatic incident.
Date:   Sep 2010
Title:   Combined pharmacotherapy and psychological therapies for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   PTSD is a potentially debilitating anxiety disorder triggered by exposure to a traumatic experience such as an interpersonal event like physical or sexual assault, exposure to disaster or accidents, combat or witnessing a traumatic event. There are thre...
Date:   Jun 2010
Title:   Fact sheet 31 - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Publisher:   beyondblue
Description:   Information on the symptoms of and treatments for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a particular set of reactions that can develop in people who have been through a traumatic event. Includes tips to promote recovery from PTSD.
Date:   Mar 2010
Title:   Dealing with a traumatic event when you have a mental illness
Publisher:   SANE Australia
Description:   If you have an existing mental illness, a traumatic event may be even more distressing, and may trigger or worsen the symptoms of your condition.
Date:   Jan 2010
Title:   Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Publisher:   SANE Australia
Description:   Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (sometimes called PTSD) is a form of anxiety disorder. Some people develop this condition after they have experienced a traumatic event.
Date:   Jan 2010
Title:   Surviving trauma
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   When something happens that seriously threatens someone's life or the life of friends or family, the person may experience extreme distress.
Date:   Dec 2011
Title:   Post-traumatic stress disorder - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a type of anxiety disorder that affects people who have witnessed or been involved in a traumatic event.
Date:   Jan 2009
Title:   Early psychological interventions to treat acute traumatic stress symptoms
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Traumatic events can have a significant impact on individuals', families' and communities' abilities to cope. In the past, single session interventions such as psychological debriefing were widely used with the aim of preventing continuing psychological...
Date:   Aug 2008
Title:   Multiple session early psychological interventions for the prevention of post-traumatic stress disorder
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Traumatic events can have a significant impact on individuals', families' and communities' abilities to cope. In the past, single session interventions such as psychological debriefing were widely used with the aim of preventing continuing psychological...
Date:   Aug 2008
Title:   Sports and games for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Traumatic events evoke strong feelings of fear, helplessness and anxiety. Many who experience a traumatic event overcome these strong emotions however a proportion does not and the emotional reaction may progress into Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTS...
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Psychological treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This review concerns the efficacy of psychological treatment in the treatment of PTSD. There is evidence that individual trauma focused cognitive-behavioural therapy (TFCBT), eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR), stress management and gr...
Date:   May 2007
Title:   Australian guidelines for the treatment of adults with acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council
Description:   Australian health practitioners now have their own guidelines to help people with acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder (ASD and PTSD).
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Pharmacotherapy for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) occurs after exposure to significant trauma and results in enormous personal and societal costs. Although traditionally treated with psychotherapy, there is increasing recognition of a theoretical basis for medicati...
Date:   Oct 2005
Title:   Psychological debriefing for preventing post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This review concerns the efficacy of single session psychological
Date:   Dec 2001
Title:   Post-traumatic stress disorder
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Post-traumatic stress disorder is an accepted psychiatric problem and affects a small minority of people who have experienced a traumatic event. Sufferers relive the traumatic experience again and again in dreams or flashbacks. Support and education involves coping with stress and drug therapy where necessary.
Date:   Jan 1999

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