Cognitive therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder following critical illness and intensive care unit admission.

Hannah MurrayNick GreyJennifer WildEmma Warnock-ParkesAlice KerrDavid M ClarkAnke Ehlers

Published in: Cognitive behaviour therapist (2020)

To recognise PTSD following admissions to intensive care units (ICUs).To understand how the ICU experience can lead to PTSD development.To understand how Ehlers and Clark's (2000) cognitive model of PTSD can be applied to post-ICU PTSD.To be able to apply cognitive therapy for PTSD to patients with post-ICU PTSD.

Keyphrases

intensive care unit
posttraumatic stress disorder
social support
mechanical ventilation
depressive symptoms
emergency department
acute respiratory distress syndrome