Nightmares and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Prazosin treatment of nightmares related to posttraumatic stress disorder.

OBJECTIVE To describe current data evaluating the use of prazosin in adults with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) who are experiencing nightmares. DATA SOURCES A literature search using MEDLINE (1966-March 2007) and the Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress database (1982-March 2007) was conducted using the search terms alpha-antagonist, alpha-blocker, prazosin, and postt...

Neuroendocrinological and brain structural alterations in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) in families of adolescent childhood cancer survivors.

OBJECTIVE To describe rates and concordance of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) in adolescent childhood cancer survivors and their mothers and fathers. METHOD Participants were 150 adolescent survivors of childhood cancer, 146 mothers, and 103 fathers who completed the Impact of Events Scale-Revised, the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Reaction Index...

The use of a synthetic cannabinoid in the management of treatment-resistant nightmares in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

UNLABELLED This is the report of an open label clinical trial to evaluate the effects of nabilone, an endocannabinoid receptor agonist, on treatment-resistant nightmares in patients diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). METHODS Charts of 47 patients diagnosed with PTSD and having continuing nightmares in spite of conventional antidepressants and hypnotics were reviewed after ad...

The role of personality traits in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

BACKGROUND A number of studies have shown that although exposure to potentially traumatic events is common, development of PTSD is relatively rare, which is one of the reasons PTSD still remains a controversial psychiatric entity. The aim of this article was to provide an overview of the research on the role of personality traits in the vulnerability, resilience, posttraumatic growth and expres...