{"id":2407,"date":"2017-10-31T14:05:36","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T14:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/screening.mhanational.org\/article\/how-do-you-treat-ptsd\/"},"modified":"2022-08-11T15:30:51","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T19:30:51","slug":"how-do-you-treat-ptsd","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/screening.mhanational.org\/es\/content\/how-do-you-treat-ptsd\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfC\u00f3mo se trata el TEPT?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PTSD can be treated successfully.\u00a0 The sooner you seek and get effective treatment, the faster you may recover and feel better.\u00a0 Although your memories won\u2019t go away, you can learn how to manage your response to these memories and the feelings they bring up.\u00a0 You can also reduce the frequency and intensity of your reactions.\u00a0 There are treatment options. The following information may be of help to you in deciding how you want to begin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Psychotherapy<\/strong>.\u00a0 Although it may seem painful to face the trauma you went through, doing so with the help of a mental health professional can help you get better. There are different types of therapy you can ask about. If one doesn\u2019t work for you, you can try a different one.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cognitive behavioral therapy<\/strong> helps you change the thought patterns that keep you from overcoming your anxiety.<\/li>\n<li>During <strong>exposure therapy<\/strong>, you work with a mental health professional to help you confront the memories and situations that cause your distress.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cognitive Processing Therapy<\/strong> helps you process your emotions about the traumatic event and learn how to challenge your thinking patterns.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Psychodynamic psychotherapy<\/strong> focuses on identifying current life situations that set off traumatic memories and worsen PTSD symptoms.<\/li>\n<li>During <strong>Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)<\/strong>, you think about the trauma while the therapist waves a hand or baton in front of you.\u00a0 You follow the movements with your eyes.\u00a0 You may wonder how something like this could help, but it has been shown to help your brain process your memories and reduce your negative feelings about the memories.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Couples counseling <\/strong>y <strong>family therapy<\/strong> helps couples and family members understand each other.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Medicine<\/strong>, including selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors or SSRIs, is used to treat the symptoms of PTSD.\u00a0 It lowers anxiety and depression and helps with other symptoms.\u00a0 Sedatives can help with sleep problems.\u00a0 Anti-anxiety medicine may also help.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grupos de apoyo<\/strong>. This form of therapy, led by a mental health professional, involves groups of four to 12 people with similar issues to talk about. Talking to other survivors of trauma can be a helpful step in your recovery.\u00a0 You can share your thoughts to help resolve your feelings, gain confidence in coping with your memories and symptoms and find comfort in knowing you\u2019re not alone. For a list of support groups in your area, contact your local Mental Health America organization.\u00a0 Find their information <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mentalhealthamerica.net\/find-affiliate?find=Search#\">here<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PTSD can be treated successfully.\u00a0 The sooner you seek and get effective treatment, the faster you may recover and feel better.\u00a0 Although your memories won\u2019t go away, you can learn how to manage your response to these memories and the feelings they bring up.\u00a0 You can also reduce the frequency and intensity of your reactions.\u00a0 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/screening.mhanational.org\/es\/content\/how-do-you-treat-ptsd\/\" class=\"more-link\">Seguir leyendo<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How do you treat PTSD?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"template":"","age_group":[23,100,19],"condition":[119],"class_list":["post-2407","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","age_group-11-17","age_group-over-18","age_group-under-11","condition-trauma-ptsd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<title>How do you treat PTSD?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/screening.mhanational.org\/es\/content\/how-do-you-treat-ptsd\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How do you treat PTSD?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PTSD can be treated successfully.\u00a0 The sooner you seek and get effective treatment, the faster you may recover and feel better.\u00a0 Although your memories won\u2019t go away, you can learn how to manage your response to these memories and the feelings they bring up.\u00a0 You can also reduce the frequency and intensity of your reactions.\u00a0 &hellip; 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