PTSD News

The 2013 DSM-5 definition of PTSD, which includes revisions to the DSM-IV definition, is not an improvement and has consequences for clinicians and patients, according to a recent editorial in JAMA Psychiatry.

Insomnia symptoms were significantly prevalent among female veterans and most commonly occurred among other mental health symptoms, according to data presented at the SLEEP 2016 annual meeting.

Deployment status may indicate risk for suicide attempt, according to findings in JAMA Psychiatry.

ATLANTA — Elspeth "Cam" Ritchie, MD, MPH, of the Society of Uniformed Services Psychiatrists, explains how psychiatrists and mental health professionals can address sexual health and intimacy among service members who have been injured in combat.

ATLANTA — In this video, Charles R. Marmar, MD, chairman of the department of psychiatry at New York University Langone Medical Center, emphasizes the shift from relying on subjective measures of symptoms such as patient reports to objective measures such as blood tests and brain imaging to diagnosis PTSD.

ATLANTA — Veterans with PTSD who adopted a dog from a local Humane Society reported becoming more physically and socially active, with improvement in overall happiness, according to research presented at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting.

PHILADELPHIA — The association between peritraumatic disgust and PTSD symptoms was mediated by posttraumatic disgust and guilt among men and women, according to data presented at the Anxiety and Depression Association of America annual conference.

PHILADELPHIA — Experiencing mild traumatic brain injury before and during deployment was associated with changes in acquisition and retention of conditioned fear, and somewhat accounted for variance in the association between mild traumatic brain injury and post-deployment PTSD symptoms.

PHILADELPHIA — Attitudes regarding mental health treatment via telehealth were mixed among a sample of recent veterans receiving outpatient treatment, according to data presented at the Anxiety and Depression Association of America annual conference.

PHILADELPHIA — Increased reactivity in hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal axis during psychotherapy indicated worse treatment response, according to data presented at the Anxiety and Depression Association of America annual conference.