What is treatment for children with PTSD?
Cognitive behavioral therapy is the treatment for PTSD, says HealthMaker Jamie Howard, PhD, a psychologist at Child Mind Institute. In the video, she elaborates on how this therapy focuses on teaching relaxation skills and coping skills
Transcript
A lot of times, kids' themes or sort of beliefs about the world can be disrupted after a trauma.
For grown-ups, this is the case, too. So we might think, I can't trust anyone. [CALM MUSIC]
Prescription is cognitive behavioral therapy. It's the best, what we know from the research.
Specifically after a traumatic event, trauma-focused CBT, or trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy,
is considered the gold standard. That therapy focuses on teaching kids relaxation skills
and coping skills. It helps them to face their fears, to decrease avoidance of reminders of the traumatic event,
helps them to create a narrative so they can make sense of the traumatic event and put it in its place
in their life. A lot of times, kids' themes or sort of beliefs about the world
can be disrupted after a trauma. For grown-ups, this is the case, too. So we might think, I can't trust anyone. And that is not a realistic belief,
and that could interfere with recovery.
We want to notice where kids have these kind of inaccurate conclusions they've drawn and help them to correct them and--
and then put the trauma in its place. [AUDIO LOGO]
mental health behavior
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