Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
PsychologyTools Worksheets for PTSD
Assessment / Evaluation
Clinician Administered Disssociative States Scale (Bremner, Mazure, Putnam) 
Download CADSS from Dr Bremner's website (0.1MB)
Childhood Traumatic Events Scale (Pennebaker & Susman, 1988) Download CTES from Dr Pennebaker's website (0.1MB)
Intervention
Treatments for PTSD include:
- Prolonged Exposure (PE) (Foa)
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (Resick)
- Enhanced Reliving (Grey, Young & Holmes)
- Narrative Exposure Therapy (Shauer, Neuner, Elpert)
- Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR) (Shapiro)
Treatment manual for PTSD Download from CRUfAD.org
The Medical University of South Carolina has a free online course teaching how to conduct Cognitive Processing Therapy. Developed by Dr Patricia Resick this is a structured programme for the treatment of PTSD. The course involves video and access to the treatment manual link to the CPT course at MUSC.edu
PTSD self-help booklet from Glasgow STEPS including information about PTSD and self-help interventions Download from GlasgowSTEPS.com (2.8MB)
Information
PTSD information for patients Download from ufrgs.br
Surviving torture - understanding the nature and purpose of torture Download from cpt.org
Processing trauma: the factory metaphor Download from goodmedicine.org.uk
Grounding Techniques
PTSD is characterised by flashbacks and dissociation. Grounding techniques are essential to help people remain focussed and in the present. They can be used to prevent arousal from getting too high during trauma reprocessing.
Grounding Techniques Download from CAMH.net
Grounding Techniques 
Download from WayneMorsePHD.com
Soothing Activities Downlod from WWU.edu
Light stream grounding technique Download
Progressive muscle relaxation patient handout Download from the Centre for Clinical Interventions (Australia) (0.1 MB)
Calming breathing patient handout Download from the Centre for Clinical Interventions (Australia) (0.1 MB)
Lectures / Workshops
Using compassionate imagery in shame based flashbacks in PTSD (Deborah Lee) Download from UKPTS.co.uk
Psychological treatment of PTSD (Kitchiner & Hunter) Download from UKPTS.co.uk
Using exposure to treat PTSD: why, when, and how? (Fyvie) Download from UKPTS.co.uk
Key Papers
Brewin, C. R., Dalgleish, T., Joseph, S. (1996). A dual representation theory of posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychological Review, 103, 670-686 Download from utexas.edu
Ehlers, A., Clark, D. M. (2000). A cognitive model of posttraumatic stress disorder. Behaviour research and therapy, 38, 319-345 Download from utexas.edu
Grey, N., Young, K., & Holmes, E. (2002). Cognitive restructuring within reliving: a treatment for peritraumatic emotional "hotspots" in posttraumatic stress disorder. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 30, 37-56 Download from psychiatry.ox.ac.uk