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Pharmacotherapy for PTSD

Psychiatric Annals, 2003
AbstractThis chapter reviews the published literature on pharmacotherapy for PTSD with specific attention to randomized clinical trials. Specific agents reviewed include: antidepressants, antiadrenergic agents, glucocorticoids, anticonvulsants, D-cycloserine, benzodiazepines, and antipsychotics. The empirical evidence indicates that selective serotonin
Matthew J. Friedman   +2 more
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PTSD in Women

2018
This chapter focuses primarily on the influence of female sex as a risk factor for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Prevalence rates suggest that women are especially vulnerable to developing PTSD. Despite changes in diagnostic criteria and examination across varied populations, the prevalence of PTSD remains consistently twice as high in women as
Lisa Y. Maeng, Mohammed R. Milad
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PTSD in Court I: Introducing PTSD for Court

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 2016
The first part of the series of three articles on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Court to appear in the journal reviews the history of the construct of PTSD and its presentation in the DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition; American Psychiatric Association, 2013) and the ICD-11 (International ...
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Biomarkers for PTSD

2010
Abstract : It is estimated that 10% to 20% of warfighters who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan have PTSD 1-4. An important limitation of these estimates is the reliance on self-report screening measures and clinical interviews to make the diagnosis of PTSD.
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PTSD and Women

2018
It is generally accepted that women are at greater risk of lifetime post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) than men. Both gender differences in trauma exposures and cognitive response to trauma as well as sex differences in neuroendocrine function are thought to contribute to the differences in prevalence of PTSD across the lifespan.
C. Neill Epperson, Sara L. Kornfield
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Anger, aggression, and self‐harm in PTSD and complex PTSD

Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2009
AbstractThis study examined the contribution of complex posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis and symptomatology to the difficulties of anger, aggression, and self‐harm in a Northern Ireland clinical community sample. A “current complex PTSD” (CCPTSD) group (n=11) was compared with a “current PTSD” group (n=31) on self‐report measures of these
Dyer, K.F.W.   +8 more
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PTSD and War

2018
War and its psychological effects have always been a part of the human experience. The inextricable link between war and what we now term post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been evident across time, from early literature and accounts of war through the early stages of modern medicine. This chapter walks the reader through a brief history of PTSD
Joshua C. Morganstein   +3 more
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Neuroendocrinology of PTSD

2018
Initial studies on the neuroendocrine basis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) showed a biological dysregulation of stress response systems that appeared to be incompatible with the stress response theories that had prevailed when PTSD was first established as a diagnosis.
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The Psychophysiology of PTSD

2018
This chapter provides an overview of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)-related psychophysiological research. Specific foci include psychophysiological reactivity to trauma-related stimuli and loud tones, conditioned fear acquisition and extinction, fear memory reconsolidation blockade, and the potential usefulness of psychophysiological measures in
Scott P. Orr, Suzanne L. Pineles
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Sleep and PTSD

2018
The Chapter reviews two long standing concerns of sleep research in PTSD. The first is characterizing dysregulations of arousal that manifest in relation to sleep including disturbances of sleep initiation, maintenance, and depth. The other is characterizing nightmare disturbances in PTSD and establishing the role of the neurophysiological substrate of
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