“Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Diagnosis and treatment.” Mayo Clinic, https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/post-traumatic-stress-disorder/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20355973. Accessed 15 August 2024.

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•Cognitive Therapy: Used to recognize patterns of thinking that are keeping one stuck

•Exposure Therapy: Helps one to face situations and triggers that set one off so as to learn to better cope with them

•EDMR(eye movement desensitization and reprocessing): combines guided eye movements and exposure therapy to help process traumtic events and better respond to them

•Antidepressants

•Anti-anxiety medications

•Prazosin: Could be used to help with nightmares; should speak with a doctor to see if this medication could be effective for you


PTSD Treatment

Reference for PTSD Treatment

Transgender adolescents experience significantly more trauma than cisgender adolescents due to attacks, harassment, etc. There has been a push to develop interventions tailored to members of the transgender community to help them work through the trauma they face. A pilot study has discovered that the use of narrative exposure therapy(NET) could help reduce posttraumatic stress symptoms as well as increase well-being and resiliency among transgender people. More studies need to be done using NET to examine the effectiveness of the treatment fully. However, this pilot study supports the use of NET for the transgender community and warrants further study on this type of intervention.

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