Investigators sought to determine the mental health needs of evacuees of devastating wildfires in Canada and to distribute evidence-based tools to promote resilience.
Cirrhosis and chronic liver disease are endemic in the veteran population. These conditions — often associated with alcohol and substance use or obesity — can be exacer-bated by posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In turn, PTSD is often linked with great-er mortality from chronic liver disease.
An alternative-medicine treatment modality such as acupuncture may provide clinically significant relief for sleep disturbance affecting veterans.
World Trade Center-related PTSD is a risk factor for myocardial infarction and stroke among workers involved in cleaning up the debris.
For youth, poor sleep worsens the associations between PTSD symptoms and chronic pain.
Use of HIRREM, a closed-loop, allostatic, acoustic, stimulation neurotechnology can reduce PTSD symptoms, insomnia and depression in veterans.
CPAP therapy shows to reduce PTSD symptoms in veterans with PTSD and OSA.
Opioid therapy was shown to improve quality of life in patients with comorbid fibromyalgia and PTSD.
The findings suggest the importance of screening for posttraumatic stress disorder in this population.
Treatment with psychotropic medications may influence dementia risk in veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder.
