[Trauma-focused psychotherapy : Technique, area of application, and treatment outcome].

[Trauma-focused psychotherapy : Technique, area of application, and treatment outcome]. Nervenarzt. 2015 Nov;86(11):1427-37 Authors: Steuwe C, Driessen M, Beblo T Abstract Traumatic events may lead to trauma-related disorders such as the posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and constraints in quality of life. Meanwhile, there are different trauma-focused psychotherapies that aim to prevent PTSD shortly after experiencing a traumatic event and interventions that aim to treat PTSD. In Germany, cognitive-behavioral and psychodynamic trauma-focused approaches are commonly applied. While cognitive-behavioral programs aim at early exposure with the traumatic event, psychodynamic approaches emphasize the need of a period of stabilization before undergoing exposure. With regard to empirical evidence, cognitive-behavioral programs were able to prove their efficacy most often and are recommended in national and international guidelines. The German S3 guideline PTSD is currently under revision. PMID: 26542157 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Der Nervenarzt - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Nervenarzt Source Type: research