Are Family Members of Patients With COVID-19 ARDS at Higher Risk for PTSD?
Are family members of patients in the ICU with acute respiratory distress syndrome at greater risk of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms when the patient has COVID-19?
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Understanding Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures: Diagnosis to Treatment
Nitin K. Sethi, MD, MBBS, and Gaston C. Baslet, MD, discuss the importance of distinguishing psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) from epilepsy and the challenges of managing PNES.
Patients With Bipolar Disorder With Childhood Trauma Benefit From Treatment
The researchers behind the current study wanted to more closely examine the association between childhood trauma and bipolar disorder (BD) specifically, as previous studies focused on BD have produced conflicting results.
COVID-19 Pandemic Has Literally Given People Nightmares
Patients with COVID-19 have experienced increased sleep disturbances, and individuals who have been more affected by the pandemic had increased nightmares, prior studies have shown. This is the first study of the oneiric activity of people with COVID-19 and the first comparing their oneiric activity with those of individuals who have not had COVID-19.
Spinal Cord Injury Tied to Higher Risk for Psychological Morbidity
Adults with traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) have a higher incidence of and risk for common psychological morbidities.
Outcomes of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Interventions for US Military Personnel
Researchers studied trauma-focused written exposure therapy (WET) treatment and time-intensive trauma-focused cognitive processing therapy (CPT) treatment for active-duty service members diagnosed with PTSD.
Since 1996, Fewer and Fewer Psychiatrists Practice Psychotherapy in the US
With the provision of outpatient psychotherapy by psychiatrists steadily declining in the US, researchers sought to characterize the trends and patterns of psychotherapy by US psychiatrists.
PTSD and Dementia Risk: A Potential Target for Early Intervention
Researchers have found significant associations between posttraumatic stress disorder and the risk of all-cause dementia. We spoke to 4 different experts on the subject.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia and Probable PTSD May Benefit Women Veterans
Researchers sought to compare the benefits of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia for sleep, mental health symptoms, and quality of life in women veterans with and without probable PTSD with insomnia.
Legal and Ethical Approaches to a Patient’s Request for an Emotional Support Animal
Psychiatrists and other mental health professionals are increasingly being asked to write letters certifying patients’ and clients’ animals as emotional support animals.
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