The ACT Approach to Trauma and PTSD
Booz Allen
Department of Veterans Affairs
Yale University
University of Nevada, Reno
Key Points
- Several existing treatments for PTSD are effective but aren’t universally effective or accepted.
- ACT addresses the limitations of these treatments.
- ACT can be applied to the full range of emotional experience post trauma.
- ACT addresses quality of life.
- Studies show that ACT is effective for posttraumatic problems.
