Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Ptsd

itive Behavioural

Final Paper
Cognitive Behavioural and related Therapies

for

the Treatment of

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Abstract
In this paper the therapies related to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) will be studied in order to determine the applicability thereof for the treatment (and prevention) of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTSD will be summarised as described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental disorders edition 4 with revisions (DSM-IV-TR). The therapy models, their theory and techniques will be discussed. The therapies this paper has in scope are, CBT, Exposure therapy and it’s different related techniques, Stress Inoculation Training (SIT), and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR). Other augmenting therapies will be discussed as well. The application of these therapies will be researched in a literature review of clinical reviews and studies, in order to provide scientific - empirical evidence for the applicability of these therapies to treat PTSD.

Section 1:
Cognitive Behavioural and related Therapies for the Treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Introduction
This paper will focus on the Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and related therapies as used to treat Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). For this reason it is necessary to understand how CBT and related therapies will be used to treat PTSD and how PTSD patients/clients will benefit from this therapies. Furthermore it is necessary to study previous clinical research to determine if these therapies are indeed helpful to treat PTSD.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
The American Psychiatric Association (APA), in their DSM-IV-TR (2000) defined PTSD as, “…the development of characteristic symptoms following exposure to an extreme traumatic stressor involving direct personal experience of an event that involves actual or threatened death or serious injury, or other threat to one 's physical integrity; or

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