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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Friday's Progress Notes - September 10, 1999
Mental Health Information - Vol. 3 Issue 34
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CONTENTS:

1. Treatment of PTSD following a motor vehicle accident.
2. Expert consensus guidelines for treatment of PTSD.
3. Anger and trauma.
4. Effects of traumatic experiences.
5. Mental health intervention following the Oklahoma City bombing.
6. Anger mangement overview for counselors
7. Anger management skills and strategies
8. Response to terrorism


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Today's newsletter features information about PTSD.

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John L. Miller, MD

1. AMERICAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN
Post-traumatic Stress Reactions Following Motor Vehicle Accidents
Traffic accidents are a leading cause of PTSD. The authors discuss the diagnostic criteria for PTSD, risk factors for stress disorders related to motor vehicle accidents, and evaluation, intervention, and treatment issues.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/990800ap/524.html

2. EXPERT CONSENSUS GUIDELINES
Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
The guidelines, developed by a panel of experts on PTSD, address diagnosis and treatment strategies. The materials include an educational handout with a symptom checklist for those who may have PTSD.
http://www.psychguides.com/ptsdgl.pdf

3. NATIONAL CENTER FOR PTSD
Anger and Trauma
Anger is usually a central feature of a survivor's response to trauma because it is a core component of the survival response in humans.
http://www.athealth.com/Consumer/disorders/angertrauma.html

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4. NATIONAL CENTER FOR PTSD
Effects of Traumatic Experiences
This fact sheet explains how traumas can affect those who experience them. This fact sheet also describes family members' reactions to the traumatic event and to the trauma survivor's symptoms and behaviors.

5. TRAUMATOLOGY
Mental Health Intervention in the Aftermath of a Mass Casualty Disaster
This paper presents ideas and techniques employed in an effort to provide mental health intervention following the Oklahoma City bombing.

6. ERIC DIGEST
Anger Management 1: An Overview for Counselors
Anger. Everybody experiences it and everybody expresses it. It is a natural and healthyhuman emotion when managed effectively. But it can be a source of various physical, mental, emotional, social, or legal problems when not managed effectively.
http://www.athealth.com/consumer/disorders/anger1.html

7. ERIC DIGETS
Anger Management 2: Counselors Strategies and Skills
Some of the most empirically supported interventions are cognitive-behavioral interventions including relaxation coping skills, cognitive interventions, behavioral coping and social skills training, and problem-solving skills training.
http://www.athealth.com/Consumer/disorders/anger2.html

8. ERIC
When Terrorists Strike: What School Counselors Can Do
School counselors and mental health professionals working with children need to be knowledgeable regarding interventions which allow students to openly discuss immediate and future concerns, cumulative stressors resulting from on-going terrorist threats, and post-terrorism psychopathology (e.g., anxiety, distress, etc.).
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