PTSD News

Patients with mood or anxiety disorders had significant rates of PTSD, depressive and anxiety symptoms that often persisted beyond 3 months following lockdown for the COVID-19 pandemic, according to study results.

Poor performance on cognitive tests assessing memory-related motor function and verbal recall is linked to probable PTSD in adults with traumatic brain injury, according to a cross-sectional study published in Brain and Spine.

Miscarriage is more than a physical event, often requiring mental health care beyond the OB/GYN office. Yet multiple factors may discourage women from seeking the help they need and finding hope beyond their loss.

Prolonged exposure had a slight advantage over cognitive processing therapy for PTSD symptoms, although both treatments offered meaningful improvements, according to results of a randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Network Open.

The FDA has granted breakthrough device designation to electroCore Inc. for its gammaCore device to be used in the treatment of PTSD in military personnel, according to a company release.

Due to its relatively brief course of treatment, written exposure therapy may be a more efficient method in reducing PTSD symptoms among U.S. military members, according to a randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Network Open.

The evidence base is growing for a psychoactive substance in the treatment of PTSD, according to the co-author of a systematic review and meta-analysis exploring the therapy’s potential.

Mental health outcomes among health care workers have improved compared with the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a longitudinal cohort study conducted in Italy.

The Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry Climate Committee published a children’s book focused on helping caregivers navigate children’s anxiety about the changing climate.

In 2019, more than 67 million adults in the U.S. reported having a disability, a 1% increase since the prevalence was last examined in 2016, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.