PTSD in emergency service workers. When rescuers need rescuing

摘要

The prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among emergency service workers is more than twice that in the general population, yet diagnosis is often delayed. GPs can ensure patients with PTSD receive best-practice clinical care by being aware of how they can present, knowing how to enquire about symptoms among those who have been exposed to trauma and following new expert guidelines.