PTSD News

Proposed changes to PTSD diagnostic criteria in the upcoming International Classification of Diseases-11 could result in significantly fewer PTSD diagnoses, study data indicated.

BOSTON — Veterans with PTSD were more likely to have atrial fibrillation than veterans without it, according to a study presented at the Heart Rhythm Society Annual Scientific Sessions.

NEW YORK — Elspeth “Cam” Ritchie, MD, MPD, from Washington Hospital Center and Healio Psychiatry Peer Perspective Board member, discussed the importance of giving patients with PTSD a range of treatment options to see what works best for them, encouraging their involvement in treatment and building on therapeutic alliance here at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting.

NEW YORK — A team of experts from the Miami VA Healthcare System and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine discussed an evidence-based collaborative care model used to treat veterans with chronic military-related PTSD in a poster presented here.

NEW YORK — In a symposium on the issues and controversies surrounding marijuana, internist and telemedicine physician Sue Sisley, MD, discussed the design and aim of her FDA-approved phase 2 study of cannabis for PTSD in U.S. military veterans.

NEW YORK — Although major depressive disorder and PTSD were significantly associated with military trauma among both men and women, PTSD was specifically associated with history of military sexual trauma especially among women, according to a poster that will be presented here on Monday.

Results from a phase 2 study showed that supervised administration of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, known as MDMA, delivered in a controlled setting with adjunctive psychotherapy was well-tolerated and effective in reducing PTSD symptoms in veterans and first responders.

NEW ORLEANS — Primary care physicians and internists need to ask pointed questions to determine if their patient is suffering from PTSD, according to a presenter here at the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting.

Results from an individual patient data metaanalysis demonstrated that antidepressants are equally effective for all severity levels of social anxiety disorder, OCD and PTSD, but for generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder, the benefits are small at low severity level.

Children of Holocaust survivors who care for their elderly parents experienced a higher sense of filial obligation and anxiety, especially when parents had PTSD, according to research published in Aging & Mental Health.