PTSD News

A PTSD program initially developed for veterans is now serving and providing benefits to civilians, with treatment typically lasting 1 week to 3 months.

Veterans with prolonged grief disorder had greater odds of also having PTSD, major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety and suicidal thoughts and behaviors, according to data published in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.

Black children on average undergo more family conflict, material hardship and traumatic events than white children, resulting in differences in gray matter volume in key brain regions and disorders such as PTSD, data show.

With a rising number of clinical studies demonstrating the potential benefits of psychedelic treatments for a wide range of behavioral health conditions, insurance plan provider Enthea aims to expand employer funding for these services.

Alto Neuroscience Inc. announced that Alpha Wave Ventures has made a $25 million equity investment to its Series B funding, bringing the total to roughly $60 million as Alto seeks to expand its roster of mental-health related therapeutics.

For psychiatric nurses in China, occupational stress was negatively associated with psychological resilience and state of mental health, according to a study published in BMC Psychiatry.

The mental health of medical students in China was significantly worse during postgraduate entrance examinations compared with 6 months after, according to a study published in BMC Psychiatry.

Among children and adolescents in Israel, use of psychiatric emergency departments declined sharply during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, compared to the year prior, according to a study in BMC Psychiatry.

Resilience and organizational support protected against burnout, while social support and resilience led to better mental health outcomes among health care workers a year after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Traumatic brain injury, PTSD and the apolipoprotein E4 gene showed strong associations with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, researchers reported in Alzheimer’s & Dementia.