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Treatments
April 28, 2020
Better One-Year Clinical Outcomes After Four Weeks of Theta Burst Stimulation for PTSD Than After Two Weeks
Theta burst stimulation. -- In a 2019 article in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, Nicholas J. Petrosino and colleagues described findings from one year of follow-up with veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress di...
Public Policy
November 1, 2013
Congressman Patrick Kennedy Says Parity in the Treatment of Mental Illnesses Is Needed
Patrick Kennedy -- At the 10th International Conference on Bipolar Disorders in 2013, Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy addressed the combined audience of the Depression Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) and members of the Inte...
Treatments
July 5, 2013
Prazosin Treats PTSD Nightmares
Patients with PTSD often struggle with nightmares, but a treatment normally used for high blood pressure may also be able to prevent these sometimes horrific dreams. In a study that marks the third replication of this find...
Risk Factors
July 2, 2013
In Veterans, PTSD Is Associated With Autoimmune Illnesses
At a recent scientific meeting, Thomas Neylan and colleagues reported that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may be connected to autoimmune illnesses. In this study, 673,277 veterans of the US military who had served i...