post traumatic stress disorder

Whether combat or peacekeeping, PTSD impacts veterans' well-bein...

admin — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500

(University of Western Ontario) Deployed peacekeeping veterans with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have significant impairments in health-related quality of life according to research by Dr. J. Donald Richardson of the University of Western Ontario and his co-investigators. The research, published this month in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, found anxiety disorders such as PTSD are associated with impaired emotional well-being, and this applies just as much to peacekeeping veterans as to combat veterans.

Researchers investigate impact of stress on police officers' phy...

admin — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

(University at Buffalo) Policing is dangerous work, and the danger lurks not on the streets alone. The pressures of law enforcement put officers at risk for high blood pressure, insomnia, increased levels of destructive stress hormones, heart problems, post-traumatic stress disorder and suicide, University at Buffalo researchers have found through a decade of studies of police officers.

National study finds post-traumatic stress disorder common among...

admin — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

(University of Washington - Harborview Medical Center) Suffering serious injury can have long-lasting implications for a patient's mental health, according to the largest-ever US study evaluating the impact of traumatic injury. Researchers from the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center and University of Washington found that post-traumatic stress disorder and depression were common among patients assessed one year after suffering serious injury.

Study: 70,000 may suffer post-9/11 stress disorder

admin — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:05:34 -0500

NEW YORK (AP) -- New data from a public health registry that tracks the health effects of 9/11 suggest that as many as 70,000 people may have developed post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of the terrorist attacks....

D-cycloserine may improve behavioral therapy treatment for anxie...

admin — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500

(Elsevier) Anxiety is a normal human response to stress, but in some, it can develop into a disabling disorder of excessive and irrational fears, such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, or post-traumatic stress disorder. Effective treatments are available and can involve either behavioral therapy or medications.

1 in 8 Lower Manhattan residents had signs of PTSD 2 to 3 years ...

admin — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500

(New York City Health Department) Lower Manhattan residents developed post-traumatic stress disorder at three times the usual rate in the years following 9/11. The rate among residents matched the rate previously reported among rescue and recovery workers.

VA doctor in hot water over stance on stress disorder

admin — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:44:00 -0500

WASHINGTON -- A Department of Veterans Affairs psychologist told senators Wednesday that cost cutting was not the reason she urged fellow clinicians at the Temple, Texas, Veterans Affairs hospital to "refrain from" diagnosing veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Military Diagnosing More Post-Traumatic Stress

admin — Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500

The number of U.S. troops diagnosed by the military with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) jumped nearly 50 percent in 2007 over the previous year, as more of them served lengthy and repeated combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, Pentagon data released yesterday show.

Doctor Urged Fewer Diagnoses of PTSD

admin — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500

The physician in charge of the post-traumatic stress disorder program at a medical facility for veterans in Texas told staff members to refrain from diagnosing PTSD because so many veterans were seeking government disability payments for the condition.

Combat Stress May Cost U.S. Up to $6 Billion

admin — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500

About 300,000 U.S. military personnel who have deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or major depression, a mental toll that will cost the nation as much as $6.2 billion over two years, according to a Rand Corp. report released yesterday.