Introduction: Posttraumatic stress disorder is a severe anxiety disorder caused by exposure to traumatic events. The aim of this study was to induce PTSD in rats and examine the effect of WIN55-212-2, a cannabinoid receptor agonist,

The evidence base for cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to treat child emotional and behavioral symptoms following exposure to trauma in youth is compelling, but relatively few studies are available on preschool children and on moderators of treatment outcomes. This paper examines maternal and child characteristics as moderators of posttraumatic stress (PTS) treatment outcomes in preschool chi...

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a chronic, disabling, and prevalent anxiety disorder. It is triggered by exposure to a psychologically traumatic event, yet only a minority of those exposed actually develop the disorder. Trauma characteristics, as well as genetic, biological, and psychosocial risk factors, contribute to the occurrence of PTSD among survivors of traumatic events. PTSD, th...

Background: Posttraumatic stress related with the childbirth experience of full-term delivery with health outcomes has been recently documented in a growing body of studies. The magnitude of this condition and the factors that might put a woman at risk for developing childbirth-related postpartum posttraumatic stress disorder (PP-PTSD) symptoms are not fully understood. Methods: In this systema...

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...

Approximately 20% of veterans suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). NPs are well positioned to provide early detection and assist veterans with access to life-saving treatment. The PTSD Toolkit for Nurses helps nurses improve their skills in assessing PTSD and provides a specialized intervention and referral procedure that promotes help-seeking behavior among veterans.

The most methodologically rigorous epidemiological study on American military personnel deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan found that 4.3% of troops developed posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Among deployed combatants, 7.6% developed PTSD, whereas 1.4% of deployed noncombatants did so. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has launched a program ensuring that all veterans with PTSD will re...

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental disorder that may develop following exposure to a traumatic event. According to the 4th edition of the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-IV-TR,”1 the essential feature of PTSD is the development of characteristic symptoms following exposure to a traumatic stressor. PTSD is characterized by three core symptom clusters: (1...