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Post-traumatic stress disorder: update on diagnosis and treatment

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: SUMMARY Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common trauma and stressor-related disorder. Trauma-focused psychotherapies and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors represent current state of the art treatment for PTSD, with current evidence favouring psychotherapy as first-line treatment. Much room remains for development of more effective therapeutics. This article give a brief update on diagnosis and treatment of PTSD.

Source: BJPsych Advances

DOI: 10.1192/bja.2021.13

Authors: Joshua C. Morganstein, Gary H. Wynn, James C. West

Institutions: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, American Psychiatric Association

Language: English

Topic: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W3134780487