This section includes general information on treatment following trauma. For information specific to Veterans see Specific to Populations.

General Information

• Treatments for PTSD (PDF)
  This PTSD Research Quarterly descries the evidence for various treatments for PTSD.
• A Guide to the Literature on Psychotherapy for PTSD (PDF)
  This article, from Psychiatric Annals, provides information on psychotherapeutic approaches that have the best evidence in terms of the benefits they offer.
• PTSD and Telemental Health
  Describes how clinicians use various technologies to deliver mental health care to patients who are miles away--discusses technology, clinical considerations, and specifically how telemental health applies to patients with PTSD.
• Trauma, PTSD, and the Primary Care Provider
  What primary care providers should know about the effects of PTSD and trauma on mental and physical health and use of medical services.
• PTSD Information for Women's Medical Providers
  A fact sheet for medical providers working with women who have a history of sexual trauma. Includes suggestions on how to prevent distress in the patient.
• Working with Trauma Survivors: What workers need to know
  More indepth information regarding traumatic stress, for the people who are working with trauma survivors.
• Managing Grief after Disaster
  Clinical advice regarding managing grief after a disaster, including addressing traumatic grief, complications of bereavement, and risk factors.

Pharmacotherapy

• Clinician's Guide to Medications for PTSD
  Discusses specific groups of medications used for treating PTSD, use of medications and psychotherapy, common barriers to effective medication treatment, excessive medications, and other considerations.
• Recommendations for Pharmacological Treatment of Acute Stress Reactions
  Discusses treatment alternatives for acute traumatic stress reactions, who should receive treatment, when treatment should begin, and what medications should be prescribed.
• Pharmacological Treatment of Acute Stress Reactions: A Neurobiological Systems Approach
  Encourages prescribers to consider the neurocircuitry underlying the human stress response when treating acute traumatic stress reactions.