PTSD Treatment Program

Have you ever experienced feeling anxious, sad, frightened, or disconnected from your environment after experiencing a traumatic event in your life? It is normal as long as it fades over time. However, if the feeling continues for weeks and you somehow always sense danger or have flashes of memories from a painful experience, then you might be suffering from PTSD or post-traumatic stress disorder.

Anyone can suffer from PTSD if they are subjected to significant threat or trauma. Among the people who most commonly have this disorder are rape victims, as well as soldiers who were emotionally scarred from the battles they participated in.

While people directly involved in the traumatic event are the most prone to PTSD, those who witnessed the scenario can also be affected and thus, have PTSD. In fact, even those who help in rescue operations like emergency workers, as well as family and friends of the traumatized can also experience PTSD. The following events are among the many instances that can trigger PTSD:

Not all people who experienced trauma develop PTSD. There are certain instances that signs of post-traumatic disorder surface as early as three months from the traumatic event, but there are also times when it surfaces a couple of years after. In the same manner, there are PTSD patients who easily recover within six months, but there are also those who experience the symptoms much longer.

Signs that you have PTSD include having at least one re-experiencing symptom, one avoidance symptom, two arousal and reactivity symptoms, and two cognition and mood symptoms.

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One thing that you should remember when diagnosed with PTSD is to never lose hope. After all, His House has PTSD treatment centers and personalized PTSD treatment programs available.

When diagnosed with PTSD, people have a tendency to keep their feelings to themselves instead of talking to other people. PTSD patients should remember that doing this will only make the illness worse. Instead, the National Center for PTSD strongly advises patients to talk to a therapist. This is called psychotherapy but is more popularly known as “talk” therapy.

Medication and psychotherapy are two of the most widely used treatments to help patients with PTSD recover. Among the highly recommended medications for PTSD patients include antidepressants to help them control their feelings of sadness, anger, worry, and numbness inside. Doctors also prescribe antidepressants alongside psychotherapy.

There are several forms of psychotherapy, but the most effective one for PTSD treatment is called cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). CBT is a kind of PSTD treatment that covers everything the patient should learn including symptoms, identification of the triggers of such symptoms, and the necessary skills to manage them. These include:

While these PTSD treatments have been generally effective, researchers found out that there may be more effective treatments for post-traumatic disorder. In an article posted in The Scientific American, a group of scientists are beginning to consider biomarkers such as hormones, genes, enzymes, and brain function in determining the right treatment for each PTSD patient.

Because PTSD is a mental condition, it can be difficult to see the therapies’ effects from the outside. However, the PTSD patient should be able to see and feel changes that range from a better understanding of trauma and its effects to skills on how to manage anger and sadness. Other expected results include:

While these PTSD treatments have been generally effective, researchers found out that there may be more effective treatments for post-traumatic disorder. In an article posted in The Scientific American, a group of scientists are beginning to consider biomarkers such as hormones, genes, enzymes, and brain function in determining the right treatment for each PTSD patient.