PTSD
Friday's Progress Notes - April 15, 2009
Mental Health Information - Vol. 13 Issue 4
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CONTENTS
1. Successful therapeutic approaches in treating PTSD
2. Treating combat-related PTSD
3. PTSD in women
4. Psychological, biological, and social factors in diagnosing PTSD
5. Childhood trauma
6. Treating children who have experienced trauma
7. Fostering posttraumatic growth
8. Disaster-related physical and mental health
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- PTSD: Professional Interview Series Part 1
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- PTSD: Professional Interview Series Part 3
Babette Rothschild, MSW, LCSW, and Martha Bragin, PhD
- PTSD: Professional Interview Series Part 4
Bill O’Hanlon, MS, LMFT, and Froma Walsh, PhD
- Adult-Acquired Traumatic Brain Injury:
- Understanding Suicidal Behavior in the Military
- Suicide Crisis Intervention Model with 25 Practical Strategies for Implementation
- Ethics and Risk Management: Social Media and the Internet
- Ethical and Legal Issues: Mandated Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect
- Ethics: Money and the Therapeutic Relationship
- Ethical and Legal Issues in Psychotherapy
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Dear Colleagues,
Today's newsletter focuses on PTSD. In addition to reviewing these resources, I encourage you to take one or more of our online CE courses entitled, PTSD: Professional Interviews. This is a 4-part series of interviews with 9 PTSD experts, and topics include diagnosis, resilience, malingering, CBT, working with traumatized patients, and posttraumatic growth and success. For information, click on http://www.athealthce.com and select Catalog in the left navigation bar. Scroll down to the PTSD category and click on the course title for details.
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John L. Miller, MD
1. PSYCHIATRY MCC
Psychotherapeutic and Adjunctive Pharmacologic Approaches to Treating Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
This article focuses on successful therapeutic approaches and adjunctive medication use in PTSD.
http://www.athealth.com/apps/redirect.cfm?linkid=294
2. PRIMARY PSYCHIATRY
Virtual Reality and Other Experiential Therapies for Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
This article discusses experiential psychotherapy treatments which teach skill development to better cope with combat-related PTSD.
http://www.primarypsychiatry.com/aspx/article_pf.aspx?articleid=429
3. CURRENT PSYCHIATRY ONLINE
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: How To Meet Women's Specific Needs
PTSD was first recognized as a diagnosis in male war veterans, but studies since then have found PTSD to be more common in women than in men. (Complimentary registration required.)
http://www.currentpsychiatry.com/article_pages.asp?AID=613
4. CNS SPECTRUMS
Diagnosing PTSD: Does It Help Us Heal?
The initial question presented by the case is whether there is PTSD here.
5. FOCUS
Childhood Traumas: An Outline and Overview
Childhood trauma appears to be a crucial etiological factor in the development of a number of serious disorders in childhood/adulthood.
6. PSYCHIATRIC TIMES
Traumatic Stress in Children and Adolescents: Eight Steps to Treatment
The article outlines an 8-stage approach to treating children who have had traumatic experiences.
http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/display/article/10168/1388613
7. MEDSCAPE
Posttraumatic Success: Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
Understanding sources of resilience and focusing on hope and optimism can help professionals foster these strengths in their clients.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/581215_print
8. AMERICAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN
Disaster-Related Physical and Mental Health: A Role for the Family Physician
Risk factors for post-disaster mental health problems include previous mental health problems and high levels of exposure to disaster-related
stresses.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20070315/841.html
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