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PTSD: National Center for PTSD

PTSD Overview

Professional

This section is for Researchers, Providers, & Helpers

This section is for Researchers, Providers, and Helpers

Continuing Education

This section brings together free in-depth Continuing Education resources for the Professional community concerned with trauma.

PTSD Overview

Date Created: 02/14/2014
Time to Complete: 45 minutes
Skill Level: Basic
Course Series: PTSD 101

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Author(s):

Jessica Hamblen, PhD

Description

The course PTSD Overview answers essential questions about PTSD. The author outlines the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria, explains who is most at risk for developing PTSD, and describes the most effective treatments.

This interactive course includes video clips of Veterans describing their PTSD symptoms and clinicians explaining Prolonged Exposure (PE) Therapy and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT).