Treatment Options

If you need help for your PTSD, it is generally best to start with counselling rather than use medication as the first and only solution to the problem.

The medications usually used to treat PTSD are antidepressants. Even if you don’t have depression, antidepressants can help make feelings associated with trauma more manageable.

Children and teenagers who have PTSD can recover through the help of a counsellor. The recommended treatment is called trauma-focussed cognitive behavioural therapy.

Most people will respond quite quickly to counselling for depression, which is sometimes combined with medication.

Effective treatments for anxiety are available, and include counselling, medication, or a combination of both.

Effective treatments are available to help you change the way you use alcohol or drugs.

Information about our current treatment trials.