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Bookmark or Share- PTSD Assessment Instruments - American Psychological Association (APA)Reliability and validity of a brief instrument for assessing post-traumatic stress disorder. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 6(4), 459-473. Foa, E.B., & Tolin, D.F. (2000). Comparison of the PTSD Symptom Scale-Interview Version and the Clinician- Administered PTSD Scale. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 13(2), 181-191.
- Posttraumatic stress disorder - American Psychological Association (APA)Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may develop in some people after extremely traumatic events, such as combat, a terrorist attack, crime, an accident, or a natural disaster.
- How to cope with traumatic stress - American Psychological Association ...Psychologists can provide evidence-based interventions to help you cope with traumatic stress or acute stress disorder. One is Psychological First Aid (PFA), originally designed to help children, adolescents, adults, and families in the aftermath of a disaster or terrorism.
- What is EMDR therapy and why is it used to treat PTSD?Unlike other treatments that focus on directly altering the emotions, thoughts, and responses resulting from traumatic experiences, EMDR therapy focuses directly on the memory and is intended to change the way the memory is stored in the brain, thus reducing and eliminating the problematic symptoms. EMDR therapy is also time-limited, she added.
- Trauma - American Psychological Association (APA)Trauma is an emotional response to a terrible event like an accident, crime, or natural disaster. Reactions such as shock and denial are typical. Longer term reactions include unpredictable emotions, flashbacks, strained relationships, and physical symptoms.
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