Abstract As a result of civil war in El Salvador and Guatemala, hundreds of thousands ofrefugees fled to the USA during the 1980s. Many of these refugees experienced tor-ture and other abuse, and current adaptation is complicated by post-traumatic stressdisorder (PTSD). The scope of the problem is examined along with…
Abstract The article presents a case study in which the posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was approached in an integrative, psychiatric and psychotherapist manner. The client, a highly hypnotizable person aged 65, diagnosed with PTSD and panic attacks, required, on the psychiatrist’s recommendation, specific pharmacotherapy combined with psychotherapy. The psychotherapeutic intervention…