PTSD News

NEW YORK — Time, financial and energy constraints are the leading barriers to mental health care access for health care workers, according to research presented at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.

NEW YORK — A poster presented at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting highlighted the need for greater access and engagement in trauma-focused care for incarcerated women, including peer-led interventions.

An artificial intelligence model that analyzes patients’ narrative accounts after childbirth showed potential in identifying postpartum PTSD, a study showed.

Since 1949, May has been designated Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to address the challenges faced by millions of individuals experiencing mental health conditions, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

Perinatal PTSD diagnoses significantly increased from 2008 to 2020, with rates varying based on race and ethnicity, according to a cross-sectional study published in Health Affairs.

Therapist burnout was associated with lower odds of clinically meaningful improvement among patients being treated for PTSD, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

Terran Biosciences has been awarded a U.S. patent for the world’s first new salts and polymorphs of MDMA, pharmaceutical compositions using these forms, and the method of use for treatment of PTSD, according to a company press release.

On April 5, a 4.8-magnitude earthquake shook the Northeast region of the United States, an “infrequent but not unexpected” event for this part of the country, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The risk for mental health conditions and self-harm or suicide was higher among partners and adult offspring of stroke survivors vs. the general population and family of myocardial infarction survivors, according to a study in Denmark.

After first-time stroke, comorbid PTSD was associated with increased risk for hospital readmission among Black veterans that was not observed among white veterans, researchers reported.