Calda Clinic: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Calda Clinic along with its medical team at Switzerland and network of highly qualified experts, guarantees a customised programme offering individual 1:1 premium care to help a patient overcome post traumatic stress disorder and stay sober in the long-run.

Here at the Calda Clinic, where we offer the utmost in modern and state-of-the-art medicine not only specialise in the combination of both natural Integrative medicine and psychiatric medicine covering a wide spectrum of symptoms but also treat the whole person from the inside out and develop individual tailor-made rehabilitation programmes for each of our clients.

Our specialists from the areas of psychiatry, psychotherapy, orthomolecular medicine, alternative and complementary medicine as well as from preventive-, better aging- and lifestyle medicine, work without psychotropic drugs whenever possible. Instead, methods from integrative medicine take the organism back to the desired balance.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment

The Calda Clinc has setup post traumatic stress disorder treament center in Switzerlandand is treating the people who suffer from PTSD and involves a combination of Psychotherapy and medications.

Psychotherapy

Several types of psychotherapy, also called talk therapy, may be used to treat children and adults with PTSD. Some types of psychotherapy used in PTSD treatment include:

1)    Cognitive therapy

This type of talk therapy helps you recognize the ways of thinking (cognitive patterns) that are keeping you stuck — for example, negative or inaccurate ways of perceiving normal situations. For PTSD, cognitive therapy often is used along with exposure therapy.

2)    Exposure therapy

This behavioral therapy helps you safely face what you find frightening so that you can learn to cope with it effectively. We use "virtual reality" programs that allow you to re-enter the setting in which you experienced trauma.

3)    Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)

EMDR combines exposure therapy with a series of guided eye movements that help you process traumatic memories and change how you react to traumatic memories.

Medications

Several types of medications can help improve symptoms of PTSD:

1)    Antidepressants

These medications can help symptoms of depression and anxiety and improve sleep problems and concentration. The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) medications sertraline (Zoloft) and paroxetine (Paxil) are used for PTSD treatment.

2)    Anti-anxiety medications

These drugs also can improve feelings of anxiety and stress for a short time to relieve severe anxiety and related problems.

3)    Prazosin

If symptoms include insomnia or recurrent nightmares, a drug called prazosin (Minipress) may help. It may reduce or suppress nightmares in many people with PTSD.