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Will the meds cure me?

Dr. Edward MacPhee, Psychiatrist, answers common questions about PTSD.

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Yeah, I would say that the person really needs

to do medications and psychotherapy in order to

get the full benefit of the treatment that is available.

The medications just simply aren't going to

take the person to where they want to, in most cases,

and I think it's important for the prescriber

to work with the patient who's with them

to help them to understand we can only go so far.

But there are other avenues of treatment here

that we need to at least consider, such as doing

the trauma-focus psychotherapies or other forms

of psychotherapy, because I want every patient to get to

exactly where they want to be in their lives,

and we can't do that with medications alone,

so part of what I consider that I'm doing

with the patient is that I'm a friendly guide.

I'm here to guide them in the direction

that I think would be most appropriate,

the path that I think is going to be most likely

to give them the success that they're looking for.

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