Guidelines for the management of conditions specifically related to stress

International guidance for the management of conditions related to the occurrence of a major stressful event. Recommendations include EMDR therapy as treatment in the guidance for adults, adolescents and children.

Treatment Guideline Overview

“This document was developed to provide recommended management strategies for problems and disorders that are specifically related to the occurrence of a major stressful event. The recommended strategies will form the basis of a new module to be added to the WHO mhGAP Intervention Guide for use in non-specialized specialized health-care settings. The scope of the problems covered by these guidelines is:

• symptoms of acute stress in the first month after a potentially traumatic event, with the following subtypes: – symptoms of acute traumatic stress (intrusion, avoidance and hyperarousal) in the first month after a potentially traumatic event; – symptoms of dissociative (conversion) disorders in the first month after a potentially traumatic event; – non-organic (secondary) enuresis in the first month after a potentially traumatic event (in children); – hyperventilation in the first month after a potentially traumatic event; – insomnia in the first month after a potentially traumatic event;
• posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD);
• bereavement in the absence of a mental disorder.”

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Treatment Guideline Access

Open Access 

World Health Organization. (2013). Guidelines for the management of conditions specifically related to stress. Geneva: WHO. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241505406

About the Source

“Founded in 1948, World Health Organization (WHO) is the United Nations agency that connects nations, partners and people to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable – so everyone, everywhere can attain the highest level of health.”

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