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Filed under: Military Medicine | Tagged: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD |
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PTSD? [There’s An App For That]
When terrifying battlefield memories come rushing back, causing night sweats, flashbacks or a panic attack, some troops and vets now find comfort by reaching for their smartphones.
Using technology to cope with wounds of war, they tap into mobile phone “apps” designed to help with post-traumatic stress and brain injuries.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/troops-vets-get-smartphone-help-for-stresses-or-battlefield-theres-an-app-for-that/2011/07/26/gIQAAIl9ZI_story.html
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Widely-used PTSD drug fails test in combat veterans
A six-month randomized, controlled trial found that the antipsychotic medication risperidone worked no better than a placebo in alleviating typical PTSD symptoms in patients who had been suffering from the disorder long-term or who continued to suffer symptoms after being treated with antidepressants.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43994382/ns/health-health_care/
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Rise in PTSD Cases Strains the VA
Ten thousand combat veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder flooded into VA hospitals every three months this year, pushing the number of patients ill from the disorder above 200,000 and straining resources, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/story/2011-11-29/PTSD-cases-rise/51476604/1?loc=interstitialskip
How do we deal with this situation?
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