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Most people will experience a traumatic event during their lives. However, not all will develop Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). There have been recent changes in diagnostic criteria for PTSD and there are a number of treatment options available.

This review is based on published literature in the field of PTSD, its management and the recently published DSM-V.

The most influential risk factors relate to the post-incident environment rather than pre-incident or the incident itself. There are two established and effective psychological therapies; trauma-focussed cognitive behavioural therapy and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing.

It is unclear what actually constitutes a traumatic event. Psychological debriefing or counselling interventions, shortly …