Utredning, handläggning och behandling av PTSD och CPTSD
(2024) In Lakartidningen 121.- Abstract
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a disruptive condition associated with great suffering. Fortunately, effective treatments are available. Assessment of children and adolescents with symptoms of PTSD is done within the child and adolescent mental health services. Adults are assessed in primary healthcare settings. In complex conditions with psychiatric comorbidity, assessment is conducted in specialist psychiatric services. Trauma-focused psychotherapy is the treatment of choice for both children and adults. Trauma-focused psychotherapy is also recommended for treating complex PTSD, despite a weaker evidence base. PTSD-specific treatment should normally be offered even in the presence of psychiatric comorbidities. Treatment of... (More)
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a disruptive condition associated with great suffering. Fortunately, effective treatments are available. Assessment of children and adolescents with symptoms of PTSD is done within the child and adolescent mental health services. Adults are assessed in primary healthcare settings. In complex conditions with psychiatric comorbidity, assessment is conducted in specialist psychiatric services. Trauma-focused psychotherapy is the treatment of choice for both children and adults. Trauma-focused psychotherapy is also recommended for treating complex PTSD, despite a weaker evidence base. PTSD-specific treatment should normally be offered even in the presence of psychiatric comorbidities. Treatment of children and adolescents with PTSD and CPTSD is provided by child and adolescent mental health services. Adults can receive treatment both in primary and secondary healthcare settings, depending on symptomatology and comorbidities.
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- author
- Mijaljica, Goran ; Bäärnhielm, Sofie ; Theunis, Eva ; Dyster-Aas, Johan ; K Arnberg, Filip and Ramel, Björn LU
- alternative title
- PTSD and Complex PTSD - Assessment, management and treatment
- publishing date
- 2024-01-15
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Child, Adult, Adolescent, Humans, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/diagnosis, Psychotherapy, Treatment Outcome, Comorbidity, Mental Health Services
- in
- Lakartidningen
- volume
- 121
- article number
- 23091
- publisher
- Swedish Medical Association
- external identifiers
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- pmid:38225917
- ISSN
- 0023-7205
- language
- Swedish
- LU publication?
- no
- id
- fed09d76-0e19-41a7-86a8-a089723e46d0
- alternative location
- https://lakartidningen.se/klinik-och-vetenskap-1/artiklar-1/klinisk-oversikt/2024/01/utredning-handlaggning-och-behandling-av-ptsd-och-cptsd/
- date added to LUP
- 2024-11-14 10:07:12
- date last changed
- 2024-11-14 14:34:21
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