Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Review from Clinical Perspective

Dr. Gautam Rawal; Dr. Sankalp Yadav; Dr. Raj Kumar

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| Published: March 25, 2016

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Review from Clinical Perspective

Dr. Gautam Rawal

Attending Consultant-Respiratory Intensive Care, Max Super Specialty Hospital, Saket, New Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Dr. Sankalp Yadav

General Duty Medical Officer-II, Department of Medicine & TB, Chest Clinic Moti Nagar, North Delhi Municipal Corporation, New Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Dr. Raj Kumar

Senior Consultant and Incharge-Respiratory Intensive Care, Max Super Specialty Hospital, Saket, New Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.170/20160302

DOI: 10.25215/0302.170

ABSTRACT

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is being increasingly recognized and widely researched as a condition with high incidence but potentially preventable. It is increasingly associated with trauma of various types including hospital and intensive care admission (ICU) and is a now a recognized entity among the ICU survivors requiring a multidisciplinary approach including psychotherapy. The authors herein, give an overview of PTSD, including the recent diagnostic guidelines and an outline of the treatment.

Keywords

Cognitive behavioral therapy, DSM-5, Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, PTSD, Trauma

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How to cite this article: G Rawal, S Yadav, R Kumar. (2016). Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Review from Clinical Perspective. International Journal of Indian Psychology 3 (2), DOI: 10.25215/0302.170, DIP: 18.01.170/20160302