Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Acute Stress Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Complex PTSD

Guideline for the prevention and treatment of acute stress disorder (ASD), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD (CPTSD) published by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council. Recommendations are given for EMDR therapy as treatment in various contexts throughout the guidance.

Treatment Guideline Overview

“The Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Acute Stress Disorder (ASD), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex PTSD (the Guidelines) provide general and mental health practitioners, policy makers, industry, and people affected by trauma with access to recommendations reflecting current evidence on how to better respond to the needs and preferences of people living with these mental health issues.”

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Treatment Guideline Access

Open Access 

Australia Government National Health and Medical Research Council. (2020). Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Acute Stress Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Complex PTSD. Phoenix Australia. Retrieved from:  https://www.phoenixaustralia.org/australian-guidelines-for-ptsd/

Guideline recommendations and evidence. The recommendations and evidence are here: https://app.magicapp.org/#/guideline/Edr04L 

Phelps, A. J., Lethbridge, R., Brennan, S., Bryant, R. A., Burns, P., Cooper, J. A., Forbes, D., Gardiner, J., Gee, G., Jones, K., Kenardy, J., Kulkarni, J., McDermott, B., McFarlane, A. C., Newman, L., Varker, T., Worth, C., & Silove, D. (2021). Australian guidelines for the prevention and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder: Updates in the third edition. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 1-18.  https://doi.org/10.1177/00048674211041917

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“Phoenix Australia is Australia’s National Centre of Excellence in Posttraumatic Mental Health.”

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