Top PTSD research for psychiatrists

To honor the end of PTSD Awareness Month as well as all who have fought and served for the United States, Healio.com/Psychiatry gathered the top four PTSD news items.

These include a recently published critique of changes to the DSM-5 definition of PTSD, a video from the 2015 APA annual meeting exploring associations between genetics, TBI and PTSD, and more.

Researchers critique DSM-5 changes to PTSD, call for action

The 2013 DSM-5 definition of PTSD, which includes revisions to the DSM-IV definition, is not an improvement and has consequences for clinicians and patients, according to a recent editorial in JAMA Psychiatry. Read more

Phase 2 data show efficacy, safety of TNX-102 SL for military PTSD

Phase 2 study findings presented at the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology annual meeting indicated efficacy and safety of TNX-102 SL, a low-dose bedtime sublingual formulation of cyclobenzaprine, for military-related PTSD. Read more

VIDEO: Research shows link between genotype, TBI and PTSD among recently deployed US soldiers

TORONTO — In this video, Grant L. Iverson, PhD, of Harvard Medical School, discusses results from a longitudinal study that assessed associations between genetics, traumatic stress, mild traumatic brain injury and combat exposure among American soldiers returning from deployment in Afghanistan. Watch video

Stellate ganglion block alleviates anxiety, depression for veterans with PTSD

Among veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, treatment with a single stellate ganglion block could help alleviate anxiety, depression and psychological pain rapidly and for long-term use, according to results presented at the American Society for Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting. Read more