외상후 스트레스 장애의 치료 Treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder which cause is certain, and mechanism of PTSD has been stu-died actively for decades. The various kinds of therapy, based on the pathophysiology of PTSD, were applied and among them eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), therapy for sleep, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and psychopharmacotherapy that showed considerable effect for patients with PTSD would be introduced.

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Korean

Moon Yong Chung

Chung, M. Y. (2005, March). [Treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder]. Journal of the Korean Neuropsychiatric Association, 44(2), 145-146. Korean