Posttraumatic Stress

WASHINGTON — In trauma-exposed people with social anxiety, a safety behavior modification intervention more effectively improved anxiety symptoms compared with a modifiable behavior intervention, according to a poster presented here.

Patients with poorly managed anxiety and pain during hospitalization had the highest risk for developing inflammatory bowel disease-related posttraumatic stress, according to research published in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.

Result showed posttraumatic stress, pain distribution, pain intensity and number of fractures may successfully predict poor long-term pain outcomes within days of musculoskeletal trauma injury.

Complications occur in patients even when we perform surgical tasks with the highest level of skill. As orthopedic surgeons, the only way to avoid surgical complications is not to operate.

Mental health outcomes among health care workers have improved compared with the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a longitudinal cohort study conducted in Italy.

Following Danish soccer player Christian Eriksen’s cardiac arrest during the Euro 2020 tournament, the American Heart Association issued a reminder of how critical the link of recovery is in the Chain of Survival.

Survey results supported prior research that found one-quarter to one-third of patients with inflammatory bowel diseases report posttraumatic stress symptoms linked to their disease experience.

Bereaved adults with prolonged grief disorder commonly experienced bereavement-related posttraumatic stress symptoms, according to study results published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

A significant proportion of youths may experience post-traumatic stress symptoms after a natural disaster, according to results of a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

Partners of women who experienced a miscarriage may be at risk for developing posttraumatic stress, according to research published in Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.