PTSD News

Risk reduction through family therapy, or RRFT, among adolescents resulted in within-group improvements in substance use problems and PTSD symptoms compared with treatment as usual, according to results of a randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Major depressive disorder and noncombat trauma can serve as identifiers of suicide ideation risk among United States Army soldiers during combat deployment, according to results of a survey study published in JAMA Network Open.

A guided self-help intervention meaningfully reduced psychological distress among a group of refugees and may thus provide individuals in low-resource humanitarian settings with a first-line strategy for mental health support, according to results of a cluster randomized trial published in The Lancet Global Health.

Adolescents who were cyberbullied experienced greater psychiatric symptom severity, including for depression and PTSD, according to results of a questionnaire-based study published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy, or TF-CBT, more effectively reduced post-traumatic stress than usual care among children who experienced parental death in Kenya and Tanzania, according to results of a randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Psychiatry.

The ongoing social unrest in Hong Kong has led to a major mental health burden among the city’s residents, many of whom are experiencing high levels of depression and PTSD, according to study findings published in The Lancet.

Findings of the largest genome-wide association study of anxiety traits to date have revealed new insights into genetic risk mechanisms shared by anxiety and related psychiatric disorders, researchers wrote in American Journal of Psychiatry.

Findings of a prospective cohort study highlight the need for increased attention to the health of United States military veterans returning to civilian life, as well as enlisted personnel, to prevent chronic readjustment challenges, researchers wrote in American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Brief cognitive behavioral therapy may be a cost-effective intervention for United States Army soldiers who are at risk for suicide, according to results of an economic evaluation published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Prevalence of mental health diagnoses like anxiety and depression among veteran patients with IBD have increased since 2000, but the incidence has been cut nearly in half, according to study results.