Search results for "PTSD"
Post-war, vets face new battle with PTSD
While the military screens soldiers returning from combat, post-traumatic stress disorder can show up months or years after, when the person may have left the military health system and returned to private care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/09/ptsd.htm
1 Sep 2008
Mandate puts e-prescribing on front burner
A digest of this month's issue, including the mandate that puts e-prescribing on front burner.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/09/editor.htm
1 Sep 2008
Letters to the Editor
ACP Hospitalist, ACP mobile content, ACP Press, and ACP QI programs.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/11/letters.htm
1 Nov 2008
Psychiatric tool adds disorders, guidance to primary care screening
Elective cardiac cath found to have low diagnostic yield
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/03/16/4.htm
16 Mar 2010
IOM links Gulf War service to several illnesses
MKSAP Quiz: worsening dysmenorrhea with pain
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/04/13/2.htm
13 Apr 2010
Free, interactive online training series on post-traumatic stress disorder
The Home Base Program, in collaboration with the Veterans Administration's National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), is offering a new 14-part training series, “From the War Zone to the Home Front: Supporting the Mental Health of Veterans and Families.”
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/03/06/9.htm
6 Mar 2012
Mental health diagnoses in veterans associated with increased risk of opioid use
Military veterans who have received a mental health diagnosis, in particular post-traumatic stress disorder, are more likely to be prescribed opioids, have high-risk opioid use, and experience adverse outcomes, according to a new study.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/03/13/2.htm
13 Mar 2012
Heart attacks may lead to PTSD, analysis finds
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is relatively common among survivors of acute coronary syndrome and is associated with worse outcomes, according to a new meta-analysis.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/06/26/1.htm
26 Jun 2012
Don't be anxious about psychiatric diagnoses
Tips can help physicians with the screening and treatment of mental disorders seen in primary care, including somatoform, bipolar and anxiety disorders.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/06/psychiatry.htm
1 Jun 2013
Study underscores prevalence of PTSD, comorbid depression among Vietnam vets
Researchers concluded that about 271,000 Vietnam war-zone veterans have current full PTSD plus subthreshold war-zone PTSD, and one-third of them have current major depressive disorder.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/07/28/2.htm
28 Jul 2015