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National Center for PTSD
PTSD, Allostatic Load and Medical Illness
Satellite Broadcast
Original Air Date 08/09/01
93 minutes
Speaker:
Matthew J. Friedman, M.D., Ph.D., Executive Director, National Center for PTSD
Professor of Psychiatry & Pharmacology, Dartmouth Medical School
Overview:
The purpose of this broadcast is to further develop practitioners' clinical knowledge and skills concerning psychobiological models of chronic stress and PTSD that are risk factors for medical illness. Such knowledge should translate into improved health care services for patients.
Goals:
After the completion of this program, participants should be able to:
- Implement theories and knowledge-based discussed in coursework into their clinical practice.
- Act as a conduit between findings from current research and the applications to clinical care for their patients.
- Explain how to provide and tailor pharmacological and/or psychobiologically-based treatments to individual patient's needs.
- Identify the most appropriate interventions for patients, and
- Understand how chronic stress and PTSD impact/exacerbate medical illness
Part 1: Introduction (16:47)
Psychobiological abnormalities in PTSD, relation to poor health; relationship between PTSD and chronic stress.
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Part 2: Effects of PTSD (18:57)
PTSD is very complex - involves all evolved survial systems.
The Stress system; Tonic and phasic effects of PTSD.
health consequences in a person with PTSD.
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Part 3: Questions; Allostatic Load (22:17)
Allostatic Load - the cumulative cost of maintaining allostasis; 4 types of allostatic loads.
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Part 4: Assessing allostatic load (09:22)
Possible mediators; secondary outcomes; health consequences for types of allostatic loads.
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Part 5: Allostatic Support - Resilience (16:28)
Possible strategies for prevention and treatment; Ft. Bragg study on NPY and stress.
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Part 6: Questions and Answers (9:01)
Interventions to increase allostatic support; psychotherapy as a psychobiological intervention; screening allostatic load.
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The information on this Web site is presented for educational purposes only. It is not a substitute for informed medical advice or training. Do not use this information to diagnose or treat a mental health problem without consulting a qualified health or mental health care provider.
All information contained on these pages is in the public domain unless explicit notice is given to the contrary, and may be copied and distributed without restriction.
For more information call the PTSD Information Line at (802) 296-6300 or send email to ncptsd@ncptsd.va.gov. This page was last updated on Thu Jul 20 17:02:15 2006.
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