PTSD, Trauma & Stress Disorders

Although diagnostic criteria for a depressive episode are the same for unipolar major depression and bipolar depression, these episodes differ in their natural history.

How do psychiatrists and mental health professionals respond when faced with disaster? One psychiatrist shares his story.

Learn more about how to appropriately diagnose and categorize a spectrum of posttraumatic stress responses in children and adolescents.

What are the top 6 disappointing psychopharmacological updates from the past year? We rank the top 6.

Check out these 7 insights and perspectives on recognizing and treating PTSD.

A patient discusses their struggles coming to terms with a posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis after multiple traumatic events, detailing their initial resistance to seeking help, the breakthrough moments in therapy that led to acceptance, and their ongoing journey of healing through various treatment approaches.

A panelist discusses how effective posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) management requires a comprehensive, individualized approach combining evidence-based treatments, ongoing support systems, lifestyle modifications, and regular monitoring of progress while acknowledging that recovery is often a gradual process requiring patience, persistence, and collaboration between health care providers and patients.

Learn more about best practices when treating comorbid trauma and psychosis.

Let’s compare treatment risks when managing mixed states.

Here are 4 means of coping with the diagnostic uncertainty of bipolar mixed states.

Traumatic life events are common among individuals who experience psychosis. Here's how best to assess and treat.

How can you distinguish bipolar mixed states? Stay tuned in this short series.

Patients who have experienced a perinatal loss are at increased risk of MDD, anxiety disorders, and trauma-related disorders.

There is still no formal or professional recognition of complex PTSD as a very different disorder than what DSM-5-TR describes for PTSD.

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Is the complex posttraumatic stress disorder diagnosis being used to avoid the diagnosis of borderline personality disorder?

Psychedelics: we first must enlarge our knowledge of how these work, what clinical conditions should be targeted, and how different psychedelics compare to each other.

The FDA instead issued a CRL for MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD, requesting an additional phase 3 trial to examine safety and efficacy. Other psychedelic compounds are proceeding with trials for psychiatric conditions. Learn more here.

Learn more about the latest research related to 9/11 trauma and other psychiatric comorbidities.

While new treatment options in the PTSD space can be exciting, we cannot lose sight of the treatments that are already readily available.

In this CME article, learn more about how to assess the impact of alcohol and cannabis use on anxiety treatment outcomes, recognizing potential adverse effects and interactions.

Is PTSD overdiagnosed?

A phase 3 clinical trial participant shares her thoughts on MDMA-assisted psychotherapy and her trial experience.

Despite the FDA's complete response letter for MDMA-assisted psychotherapy, researchers believe the data behind this PTSD treatment is what matters most.