After 30 years, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy continues to gain support as a beneficial treatment for a wide range of mental health conditions, especially post-traumatic stress disorder.
Intermittent theta-burst stimulation was associated with improved social and occupational function in veterans with PTSD.
Among veterans with PTSD, all-cause mortality is elevated, especially death from suicide, accidental injury, and viral hepatitis.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Status designation to NightWare (NightWare, Inc.), a digital intervention therapy that measures and treats nightmares in patients with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Integrated prolonged exposure therapy had a greater reduction in PTSD symptoms than integrated coping skills therapy, while both therapies resulted in comparable decreases in drinking.
Experts discuss how differentiation between the PTSD and TBI is important for the purposes of disability evaluation and treatment.
A significant link between posttraumatic stress disorder and asthma may exist, particularly in patients younger than 20 years.
Veterans who attended rehabilitation treatment programs reported improvement at discharge, but results did not differ whether or not they received prolonged exposure and cognitive processing therapy.
Youth with abuse-related posttraumatic stress disorder experienced greater benefit from developmentally adapted cognitive processing therapy vs a wait-list condition with treatment advice.
Some individuals are at a substantially increased risk for mental health problems after mild traumatic brain injury.
