PTSD News

Patients and clinicians alike are at significant risk for experiencing grief and trauma related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, according to experts.

Nearly one-fifth of patients who undergo hematopoietic stem cell transplantation develop symptoms of PTSD within 6 months, according to study results presented during the ASCO20 Virtual Scientific Program.

Ventilated patients with severe COVID-19 infection may experience air hunger and psychological trauma. A new paper published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society calls attention to ventilation and medication strategies.

Healio and Cardiology Today present a list of the top read news in psychiatry and CV health.

The National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder has designated each June as PTSD Awareness Month.

Insights from past coronavirus outbreaks may help predict the psychiatric burden of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to results of a systematic review and meta-analysis published in The Lancet Psychiatry.

PTSD symptoms and moral injury appeared associated with adverse perinatal outcomes, according to results of a longitudinal survey study of female veterans published in Journal of Traumatic Stress.

Patients who develop PTSD after MI are more prone to stress-induced myocardial ischemia than patients who did not develop PTSD.

In 1992, the Health Resource Network designated April as National Stress Awareness Month.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and related personal, financial and health effects likely have resulted in chronic stress throughout numerous populations, according to two experts.