
Welcome to the Register of Trauma
Specialists
The Register of Trauma Specialists
(RTS) exists to promote the services of trauma
support workers and therapists with a special interest in assisting with Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and trauma related conditions and syndromes.
We do this by inviting individual therapists to register with us and by
making details of their services and contact details available on this web site.
We also provide a directory of training course's
How to find a trauma specialist:
Use the quick links to the left to find specialists in
England, Scotland,
Wales
and Northern Ireland
6th UK/International symposium on addictive disorders
For information on the 6th UK/International
symposium on addictive disorders
click here
Psychological and Physical Effects of Trauma
A one day Conference - Friday, 3 July 2009, at
the Swindon Marriott Hotel. Time: 09.15 – 17.15
click here
Finding help in an emergency:
The therapists listed on this
site are not intended for use in an emergency situation. If you need to
speak to someone urgently, consider
contacting the Samaritans or SANEline. You can also call your GP
surgery for advice. If your GP Surgery
is closed you should hear a recorded message giving advice as to who to
call.
NHS Direct
- Can be contacted on 0845 4647 - Available 24 hours a
day
The
Samaritans are
available 24 hours a day every day and provide confidential
non-judgemental emotional support for distressed people. The
Samaritans are available in the UK and Ireland.
If you live outside of the UK and Ireland, visit
www.befrienders.org
to find your nearest helpline.
UK: 08457 90 90 90
Ireland: 1850 60 90 90
Email: jo@samaritans.org
SANEline
is a national out-of-hours telephone helpline
(1pm to 11pm every day)offering
both emotional support and information for people
affected by mental health problems.
SANEline: 0845 767 8000
SANEmail:
sanemail@sane.org.uk
Your local accident and emergency room generally
provides 24 hour psychiatric cover, ring
NHS Direct on
0845 4647 for more
information on your local services
Critical incident amnesia - read article:
Critical Incident Amnesia: The Physiological Basis and the Implications of
Memory Loss During Extreme Survival Stress Situations -
click here for articles menu
Letter published on the British Medical Journal web site
Deaths from drug poisoning -
By Peter O’Loughlin, RTS
Advisory Panel
So much for harm reduction techniques reducing drug deaths,
click this link to read the letter -
BMJ 2008;337:a1671
Holding a Conference
If you are holding a conference of event that may be of
interest to our members please contact us: Click here for more
information and contact details
Would you like to post information about
your conferences or events on this web site? Please forward details to us
for consideration... Note inclusion of information on conferences is for
information only and should not be considered an endorsement... for further
information please contact the organisers direct
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