PTSD News

Mindfulness interventions are safe, inexpensive and effective adjuncts to posttraumatic stress disorder treatment, according to Marina Khusid, MD, ND, MSA, who recently published an article on the subject in the July issue of Psychiatric Annals. The article is the last of a seven-part series on the use of complementary and alternative medicine in the treatment of PTSD.

Continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, therapy reduced PTSD-associated nightmares in patients with sleep apnea who were being treated at a VA hospital, according to recent study results.

Bhutanese refugees who had resettled in the United States were more likely to contemplate suicide if they reported ever having mental health problems such as posttraumatic stress disorder or had difficulties adjusting, such as finding employment or providing for their families, according to the CDC.

Researchers reported that 13.5% of Canadian Forces personnel who served in Afghanistan had a mental disorder apparently related to their deployment, and serving in higher-threat locations in that country increased the risk for mental illness.

The symptom trajectory of delayed-onset posttraumatic stress disorder is complex, and ongoing stress and mild traumatic brain injury may play a role in symptom severity, according to new study results published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Male twin Vietnam War veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder were more than twice as likely to develop coronary heart disease vs. those without PTSD, according to recent results of a prospective study supported by the NIH.

Nearly one in four patients who survived a stroke or transient ischemic attack experienced symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder within 1 year of the event, researchers reported in PLoS One.

Soldiers with posttraumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury are experiencing positive treatment results from animal-assisted therapy, according to experts who have published a new feature article in Psychiatric Annals. The article is next in a series on the use of complementary and alternative medicine in the treatment of PTSD.

Most survivors of intimate partner violence had not used mental health services in the past year despite having access to those services, researchers reported.

Patients who developed posttraumatic stress disorder after ACS may be more likely to experience poor sleep after the event, according to findings in a recently published study.