Management of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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This JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis summarizes the 2017 clinical practice guidance from the US Department of Veterans Affairs/US Department of Defense on management of posttraumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder.
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Individual trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy (TF-CBT) and eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy are effective for reducing clinician-rated PTSD symptoms.
“Individual trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy (TF-CBT) and eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy are effective for reducing clinician-rated PTSD symptoms [6–8].”
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- Authors
- Ostacher, M. J., & Cifu, A. S.
- Affiliations
- Stanford Medicine (US)
- University of Chicago (US)
- Venue
- JAMA
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 2019-01-15
- Volume
- 321
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 200
- ISSN
- 0002-9955 (ISSN-L)
- 0098-7484
- OpenAlex
- W2905272468
- Cited by
- 55
- References
- 7
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 6
- FWCI
- 8.21
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- JAMA (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
- Keywords
- post-traumatic stress disorder, acute stress disorder, military personnel, veterans, clinical guidelines
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Antidepressive Agents, Combined Modality Therapy, Humans, Psychotherapy, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, United States, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, Practice Guidelines as Topic
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