PTSD News

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Parents met criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder following their child’s stroke, and their children demonstrated clinically significant levels of anxiety, according to one researcher.

President Barack Obama signed the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans (SAV) Act into law today. The new legislation is intended to help veterans receive mental health care, according to a press release.

The attorneys of Vietnam War veteran Andrew Brennan have issued a clemency petition to the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles ahead of his Jan. 13 scheduled execution.

Women with posttraumatic stress disorder had a nearly two-fold increased incidence for type 2 diabetes compared with women with no trauma exposure, according to study findings published in JAMA Psychiatry.

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Research scientists have begun using Twitter data to examine trends in bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder and seasonal affective disorder, according to a press release.

Patients with posttraumatic stress disorder may benefit from various antidepressants, adrenergic agents, and second-generation antipsychotic drugs, according to the American Psychiatric Association’s updated Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Acute Stress Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

Hybrid neuroimaging of the pituitary region of the brain could help distinguish military veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder from those with mild traumatic brain injury, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.

A telemedicine-based collaborative psychotherapy model successfully provided care to military veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder who lived in rural areas, according to recent study data.

The introduction of the United Kingdom’s “Harmony Guidelines,” which restrict the duration of military tours of duty, has reduced periods of deployment and also may have decreased mental health problems, according to recent findings.