PTSD: Treatment
What will be an ideal response?
Comorbid disorders complicate matters
Drug therapy
Anti-anxiety, anti-depressants as supplement
Help reduce Sx ... not as primary Tx
Psychotherapy
Exposure ... (symbolic or actual) that elicit anxiety, flashbacks
Must be gradual ...
Memories may re-emerge, overwhelm
Need to change underlying irrational beliefs
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