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 APA Practice Guidelines > Acute Stress Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Treatment of Patients With Acute Stress Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
This guideline is more than 5 years old and has not yet been updated to ensure that it reflects current knowledge and practice. In accordance with national standards, including those of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s National Guideline Clearinghouse, this guideline can no longer be assumed to be current. The March 2009 Guideline Watch associated with this guideline provides additional information that has become available since publication of the guideline, but it is not a formal update of the guideline.
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CONTENTS
Part A: Treatment Recommendations
A. Coding System
B. Summary of Recommendations
A. Initial Assessment
B. Principles of Psychiatric Management
C. Principles of Treatment Selection
D. Specific Treatment Strategies
A. Age
B. Gender
C. Ethnic and Cross-Cultural Factors
D. Medical and Other Psychiatric Comorbidity
E. History of Previous Traumas
F. Aggressive Behavior
G. Self-Injurious and Suicidal Behaviors
Part B: Background Information and Review of Available Evidence
A. Core Clinical Features
B. Associated Features
C. Differential Diagnosis
D. Epidemiology
E. Natural History and Course
A. Issues in Interpreting the Literature
B. Psychosocial Interventions
C. Pharmacotherapies
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