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.
WorkSafe resources
Suggested steps for the treatment of PTSD in workers (PDF, 291.3 KB)
Websites about PTSD
Guide for GPs: Evidence based treatment for an adult after a traumatic event: Phoenix 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: Phoenix 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