Dr Andrea Phelps, Deputy Director, today presented on “Trauma management in emergency service organisations” at the Emergency Management Conference in Melbourne.
This editorial comments on the recent and proposed changes to diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) and the International Classification of Diseases (ICD).
Phoenix Australia works with organisations whose staff may be exposed to trauma as part of their work, assisting them to reduce the risk and minimise the impact of potentially traumatic events.
Last year, Phoenix Australia developed an online training program for GPs, Working with Veterans with Mental Health Problems. On 11 December 2014 it was launched.