Psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacological treatment of PTSD

According to WHO, PTSD is one of the diagnoses causing the highest number of "days out of role"/year. Current recommendations for evidence-based treatment of PTSD are largely the same across international guidelines. Common to these is that psychotherapeutic treatment is first-choice and p...

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Published inUgeskrift for læger Vol. 184; no. 14
Main Authors Carlsson, Jessica, Sandahl, Hinuga
Format Journal Article
LanguageDanish
Published Denmark 04.04.2022
Subjects
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Humans
Psychotropic Drugs - therapeutic use
Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors - therapeutic use
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - diagnosis
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - drug therapy
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Summary:According to WHO, PTSD is one of the diagnoses causing the highest number of "days out of role"/year. Current recommendations for evidence-based treatment of PTSD are largely the same across international guidelines. Common to these is that psychotherapeutic treatment is first-choice and psychopharmacological treatment is second choice. First-choice psychotherapeutic treatment is trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy, while SSRIs are first-choice psychopharmacological treatment. However, there is still a need for further research into treatments as well as optimising access to existing treatment options.
ISSN:1603-6824