MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM TREATMENT OF A VIETNAM VETERAN WITH POSTTRAUMATIC-STRESS-DISORDER

A Vietnam veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) will usua lly seek treatment in an outpatient clinic, a general psychiatric ward , a specialised inpatient PTSD unit (SIPU) or a PTSD clinical team (PC T). These four treatment locations are described briefly. The veteran in this case study chose a general psychiatric ward for several reason s, all of which are discussed in this paper. Posttraumatic stress diso rder is defined, and the impact of PTSD on families is described. The remainder of the paper consists of details regarding composition and o peration of the multidisciplinary treatment team which provided treatm ent for this veteran.