PTSD News

Using data from a longitudinal online survey, researchers found that disaster-related media exposure affected the link between forecasted post-traumatic stress and psychological outcomes in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma.

Veterans with mild traumatic brain injury and PTSD receiving real acupuncture showed greater improvement in sleep measures than those receiving a sham needling procedure, according to data from a randomized clinical trial published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Both group cognitive behavioral treatment and group present-centered treatment reduced PTSD symptom severity in veterans with PTSD, according to study findings.

Although treatment with sertraline plus enhanced medication management, prolonged exposure plus placebo, and prolonged exposure plus sertraline resulted in significant reductions in PTSD symptoms and symptom severity, there were no differences in change in these measures across the groups at 24 weeks, according to study findings.

Bedtime doses of prazosin worsened nightmares and insomnia among patients with PTSD, contrary to expected findings, according to data from a pilot, randomized clinical trial.

CHICAGO — Patients who exhibit signs of posttraumatic stress disorder after cardiac arrest are nearly three times as likely to die or experience a major adverse CV event within 1 year, according to a study presented at the American Heart Association Resuscitation Science Symposium.

Transcendental Meditation, a non-trauma-focused intervention, was noninferior to prolonged exposure therapy in reducing PTSD symptom severity and comorbid depression in veterans with PTSD, according to findings from a randomized controlled trial.

Veterans participating in a therapeutic dog ownership and training program experienced significant decreases in stress and post-traumatic stress symptoms, less isolation and self-judgment and improvements in self-compassion, according to longitudinal study findings.

Veterans with PTSD who received benzodiazepines were more than twice as likely to die due to suicide and were almost twice as likely to have medically documented suicide attempts than patients without benzodiazepine exposure, according to study findings.

Both prolonged exposure and sertraline showed good short- and long-term efficacy across a range of outcomes among patients with PTSD, according to findings published in American Journal of Psychiatry.