PTSD News

A brief intervention could reduce symptoms of trauma, anxiety and depression in mothers of preterm infants, according to recent study findings published in Pediatrics.

Patients may have posttraumatic stress disorder following a mild traumatic brain injury and not postconcussion syndrome, according to recent study findings published in JAMA Psychiatry.

The risk of common mental health problems increased after a major disaster, according to recent study findings published in JAMA Psychiatry.

The effectiveness of treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder is not being measured by the US departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs, according to a recent report from the Institute of Medicine.

The American Psychiatric Association is urging psychiatrists to contact their members of Congress to sponsor the Ensuring Veterans’ Resiliency Act, according to its website.

Maternal diagnoses of posttraumatic stress disorder and a major depressive episode increased the risk of preterm birth, independent of antidepressant and benzodiazepine use, according to new study findings published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Chronic posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity was rapidly reduced after ketamine infusion, according to recent study findings published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Children who attended the 2013 Boston marathon were 5.7 times more likely to have attack/manhunt-related posttraumatic stress disorder compared with children who did not attend, according to recent study findings published in Pediatrics.

Children whose parents experience injury are at increased risk for stress and posttraumatic stress disorder, according to recent study results published in Pediatrics.

NEW YORK — Female Vietnam War veterans have increased rates of post-traumatic stress disorder and physical disabilities, but a low mortality rate, according to data presented by Kathy Magruder, MPH, PhD, from the Medical University of South Carolina.