The diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder
Medicine and Science from The BMJ
November 27, 201524m 38s
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Show Notes
PTSD may develop after exposure to exceptionally threatening or horrifying events. About 3% of the adult population has PTSD at any one time, and more than 50% in survivors of rape.
In this podcast Jonathan Bisson, professor of psychiatry at the School of Medicine in Cardiff joins us to talk about the evidence for diagnosis and treatment, and Sarah Cosgrove, the patient author of the paper, discusses her experience of treatment.
Read the full clinical review:
http://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h6161