PTSD News

June 27 is PTSD Awareness Day, which helps bring to light some of the symptoms, signs and treatment options for this mental health disorder.

In a cohort of urban black men with serious injuries, contributors to post-injury mental health issues were early adverse childhood exposures, preinjury physical and mental health conditions, acute post-injury stress responses and intentional injury, according to study findings.

Results from meta-analyses showed that long-term benefits of psychotherapeutic and combined treatments were superior to pharmacological treatments for PTSD across six randomized clinical trials with follow-up data.

Based on WHO data, researchers estimated that roughly one in five people in

Pooled data from six phase 2 randomized controlled trials support the use of MDMA plus psychotherapy for the treatment of PTSD.

SAN FRANCISCO — In a video interview, Elspeth “Cam” Ritchie, MD, MPH, a psychiatrist in Washington, D.C., and member of the Healio Psychiatry Peer Perspective Board, discussed her new book on addressing mental health issues among members of the military and veterans.

This year, the American Psychiatry Association is hosting its annual meeting, the premier psychiatry event of the year, in San Francisco, a city with a large population of people experiencing homelessness. With the meeting almost here, Healio Psychiatry sought to learn more about the nation’s homeless population and the link between homelessness and mental health.

Integrated prolonged exposure therapy was more effective at reducing PTSD symptoms among veterans with comorbid PTSD and alcohol use disorder than integrated coping skills therapy, according to findings published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Using a speechbased algorithm, researchers could objectively differentiate male warzone-exposed veterans with and without PTSD, according to a study published in Depression & Anxiety.

PHILADELPHIA — Depression and anxiety are common disorders seen in primary care practices, with up to 20% of patients presenting with symptoms, according to a speaker here at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting 2019.