PTSD
From the Journals
Race/ethnicity, other factors predict PTSD and depression after mild TBI
Patients with mild traumatic brain injury who are black or have a history of mental illness are at greater risk of developing PTSD, depression.
Conference Coverage
Single-dose propranolol tied to ‘selective erasure’ of anxiety disorders
BARCELONA – The evolutionary treatment targets reconsolidation of fear memories.
MDedge Psychcast
Best of Psychopharmacology: Stimulants, ketamine, benzodiazapines
What Your Patients are Hearing
Myths debunked around guns, mental illness, and video games
Is the rate of mental illness eight times higher in the United States as in the European Union?
Conference Coverage
‘Walk and talk’ 3MDR psychotherapy for PTSD
BARCELONA – Novel program is designed for treatment-resistant combat PTSD but might have broader applications.
What Your Patients are Hearing
Interacting with horses helps veterans with PTSD; Identical twin battles anorexia
Warrior Outreach’s Horsemanship Program seeks to support veterans, service members, and their families.
Conference Coverage
Sibling abuse more common than child, domestic abuse combined
AUSTIN, TEX. – Emotional aggression among brothers and sisters occurs more often than does physical aggression, literature review shows.
Evidence-Based Reviews
PTSD: A systematic approach to diagnosis and treatment
Accurate diagnosis and management depends on proper application of DSM-5 criteria.
Commentary
Veterans are not ‘ticking time bombs’
Savvy Psychopharmacology
Treating comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder and cardiovascular disease
Mr. S, 64, has a history of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which has been well controlled for the past 15 years with cognitive-processing...
Video
Childhood abuse linked with tripled adult SLE incidence
Women who self reported a high level of childhood abuse had nearly triple the rate of systemic lupus erythematosus as adults.