Abstract
Efficacious psychological treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder. The aim of this paper is to offer a review of the psychological and pharmacological treatments that the research has shown as more effective to treat the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Regarding the psychological treatments, the most rigorous studies have been carried out in the context of the cognitive-behavioral approaches. The empiric evidence suggests a bigger efficacy for the prolongued exposure (PE). The cognitive restructuring and the anxiety management training produces positive effects to alleviate the posttraumatic simptomatology too. More recent studies are dedicate to design treatment programs which integrate the several mentioned components. Also, it is noted the possible effectiveness of the hypnotherapy. On the other hand, different types of drugs have been used for the PTSD treatment. In spite of the beneficial effects that some drugs produce to alleviate the different symptoms, frequently have been registered colla teral effects for nearly all of them.
