BACKGROUND In this chart review, we attempted to evaluate the benefits of adding aripiprazole in veterans with military-related PTSD and comorbid depression, who had been minimally or partially responsive to their existing medications. METHODS A retrospective chart review of patients who received an open-label, flexible-dose, 12- week course of adjunctive aripiprazole was conducted in 27 mili...

OBJECTIVES To determine the diagnostic validity of the Post Traumatic Disorder Checklist (PCL) against the 'gold standard' of the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS) in a clinical sample of older adults. METHODS A cross-sectional validation study: participants were patients (65 years and over) being treated for medical and/or psychiatric conditions in a hospital setting. Participants com...

This study retrospectively reviewed records from current members of the U.S. military who had completed the PTSD Checklist (PCL) at 0 and 3-months after returning from deployments. Insomnia was the most commonly reported symptom of PTSD on the PCL and had the highest average severity scores. At initial screen, 41% of those who had been to Iraq or Afghanistan reported sleep problems. Those who h...

Linguistic features can predict several aspects of human behavior. Little is known, however, about whether syntactic, semantic and structural language features can also predict psychological disorders such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The current study investigated whether the linguistic properties in trauma narratives written by survivors of a Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA), change a...

TheauthorsusedthePosttraumaticStressDisorderChecklist(PCL) Scale2andtheHopkinsSymptomChecklist(HSCL)scale3toevaluate posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anxiety-depression inthesurvivors.Theyreportedthathalfof thesurvivorshadsymptoms of PTSD, and that more than three-fourths of the survivors still had symptoms of anxiety 6 months after the incident. Their research,however,hadacross-section...

BACKGROUND Predisposing factors for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) include experiencing a traumatic event, threat of injury or death, and untreated pain. Ketamine, an anesthetic, is used at low doses as part of a multimodal anesthetic regimen. However, since ketamine is associated with psychosomatic effects, there is a concern that ketamine may increase the risk of developing PTSD. This s...

PTSD affects a substantial number of women in medical settings and is associated with significant distress and impairment. There are effective methods of treating trauma-related distress, but a minority seek such care. Thus, primary care is an important setting in which to identify individuals with PTSD. We sent questionnaires, including the PTSD Checklist--Civilian Version (PCL-C), to 419 fema...

Background: Road traffic accident (RTA) is a global trauma which can produce traumatic stress with tremendous physical, social and psychological impairments to the victims. Post disorder (PTSD) most common mental disorders among RTA Objectives : To assess PTSD victims relationship between socio demographic parameters of PTSD. Methods: This cross sectional study conducted 202 patients attended i...