PTSD: A New Tool

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Not sure about treatment for PTSD? 

Here’s a new tool to help you and the Veteran you’re caring for learn more about what is available.

The Decision Aid is a free online tool available at www.ptsd.va.gov/decisionaid.  Patients work at their own pace to learn about effective treatments including:  Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR), Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE), Stress Inoculation Therapy (SIT), and medications (SSRIs and SNRIs). 

There are videos available explaining how the treatments work, a grid to compare treatments , and a personalized summary is provided. Learn more about what treatment is right for you by clicking here.

 

About Jeff Cavanagh

Jeff Cavanagh spent his freshman year at St. Petersburg Junior College back in the early 70s before enlisting in the United States Navy. Soon after, he attended Jacksonville University on a Navy ROTC scholarship. After college, he was commissioned and became a qualified Surface Warfare Officer spending the next 22 years honing his skills as a ship-handler and expert recruiter before retiring in 1994. Jeff expresses a deep sense of pride in St. Petersburg College due to connections that go back many years. His father, Tom Cavanagh, was a career Air Force fighter pilot and combat veteran who taught Geography and Western Civilization at St. Petersburg Junior College in the 60’s and 70’s.