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Resources for Managing Stress after Trauma

People respond to traumatic events in a number of ways. They may feel concern, anger, fear, or helplessness. These are all typical responses to a traumatic event.

These events can cause a full range of mental and physical reactions. You may also react to problems that occur after the event, as well as to triggers or reminders of the trauma.

Learn what to expect following a traumatic event and how to manage stress reactions on our website:

Self-Care After a Traumatic Event

• Resources for Survivors and the Public Following Disaster and Mass Violence: Key information, handouts for disaster survivors, and self-help resources.
• Common reactions to mass violence and how to get help.
• Coping with Traumatic Stress Reactions. Active ways to cope with traumatic stress, with tips for coping with specific PTSD symptoms.
• Negative Coping and PTSD. Ways of coping with PTSD that cause problems and should be avoided.
• Self-Care After Disasters. Ways to cope when you have been through a disaster.

Self-Help Options

• Trauma Recovery Coach. A new app (iOS only - link goes to iTunes) based on Skills for Psychological Recovery to help trauma survivors manage their symptoms.
• PTSD Coach. This mobile app has self-assessments, symptom-tracking, and coping skills to help you address and monitor stress. Available for iOS and Android.
• PTSD Coach Online: A series of online video coaches will guide you through 17 tools to help you manage stress. (desktop)

Seeking Professional Help

If you think you have PTSD, your best chance of getting better is by working with a mental health or medical provider. Good treatments are available that have been shown to help all kinds of people.

• Tips on Finding a Therapist.
• What's Stopping You? Overcome Barriers to getting Care for PTSD.

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For Providers

Consult with PTSD Experts

The PTSD Consultation Program offers free PTSD consultation to any provider who treats Veterans in any setting.

This program is now open to Community Providers.

PTSD Lecture Series

• April 18: Assessing and Managing Violence Risk in Veterans with PTSD, Eric Elbogen, PhD

Mark your calendar: Third Wednesday of the month at 2pm ET.

Download a calendar reminder to save the date for the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 2 pm ET.

Subscribe

Sign up to receive monthly emails that include a registration link and instructions for joining the live lectures.

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Research at the Center

Suicide Prevention Outreach

VHA's Office of Suicide Prevention is implementing a national suicide prevention outreach program entitled Recovery Engagement and Coordination for Health - Veterans Enhanced Treatment (REACH VET).

REACH VET utilizes a dashboard to identify Veterans identified by the model as being at high risk for suicide. REACH VET coordinators then notify providers of the patient's status and prompt providers to re-evaluate care and take any appropriate steps.

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PTSD in the News

PTSD: An ongoing fight for generation of Iraq War Vets. Dr. Paula Schnurr, Executive Director, talks to Medical Xpress about effective treatment for PTSD. Read more.*

Be sure to forward this update to others so they can subscribe. We send one update per month to keep you informed of the latest PTSD developments.

Thank you,

The Staff of VA’s National Center for PTSD

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