RACGP Accredited PTSD Training Program
The WorkCover Tasmania Board has launched PTSD training for general practitioners and others developed by Phoenix Australia, Australia’s leading experts in post-traumatic mental health. The training is accredited by RACGP and available through the learning portal on the RACGP Tasmania website.
Websites about PTSD
Guide for GPs: Evidence based treatment for an adult after a traumatic event: Pheonix Australia
Helping someone with PTSD: HelpGuide
Helping yourself after a traumatic event: Phoenix Australia
How can family and friends help?: Mind
Post-traumatic stress disorder: HelpGuide
Post-traumatic stress disorder: HealthDirect
Self-help tools: Open Arms Veterans and Families Counselling
Supporting someone with PTSD or C-PTSD: PTSD UK
Understanding sleep difficulties: Open Arms Veterans and Families Counselling
What is PTSD and how can you recover: Pheonix Australia
4 Healthy Coping Strategies for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: Australia Wide First Aid
Support lines and crisis services
Beyond Blue (24/7 mental health related counselling, online chat and peer support, information): call 1300 22 46 36
Take a Minute (Mental Health Council of Tasmania; lists Tasmanian support organisations and programs)
Lifeline Australia (24/7 crisis support): call 13 11 14
Mental health community sector organisations: Department of Health
Mensline (telephone support, information and counselling): call 1300 789 978
Mindspot Clinic: Free, online, personalised mental health care
Sexual Assault Support Service (24/7 help line, counselling and support, training): call 1800 697 877
This Way Up: Online mental health treatment programs