Treatment of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

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Treatment of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
The long-term treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder can be a complex concept, influenced by method treatment, duration of therapy or therapies, the use of medication with other therapy, type of trauma, frequency of trauma and time-lapse between trauma and treatment for patients. This paper aims to analyze the results of use of cognitive behavioural therapy in post-traumatic stress disorder, consistency of results and its ethical implications from the reports of three peer-reviewed studies.
Post-traumatic stress disorder is one characterized by arousal in patients after experiencing singular or repeated traumas such as assault, rape, war or disasters....

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