IJSR - International Journal of Scientific Research

Gladson Mathew; Dr. Moncy Edward

Volume : VI, Issue : VI, June - 2017

Psychological Counselling Intervention For The Treatment Of PostTraumatic Stress Disorder In Adolescents

Gladson Mathew, Dr. Moncy Edward

Abstract :

Post–traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is highly prevalent in adolescents who have experienced trauma and has high personal and health costs. Unavoidably a wide range of psychological therapies have to be used in the treatment of PTSD which would certainly point to have systematic approach of these therapies in adolescents. The objective of the study is to examine the effectiveness of the intervention of psychological counseling cum therapies in treating adolescents with PTSD. All quasi–experimental controlled trials of psychological counselling cum therapies compared to a control in adolescents exposed to a traumatic event or diagnosed with PTSD. A validated K10 scale was used to assess the PTSD. The psychological counselling cum therapies used in these studies were cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), exposure–based, psychodynamic, narrative, supportive counselling, and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). We assessed the significance of post traumatic stress data referring to pre counselling and post counselling intervention in adolescents using t Test which is compared to control group too. The psychological counselling cum therapy was highly in effectiveness PTSD symptom scores. Improvement was significantly better with the intervention of psychological counselling cum therapies for adolescents (age groups; 13 – 15, 16 – 19) and separately boys and girls too.