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Post-traumatic stress disorder

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Overview

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric condition characterized by symptoms such as re-experiencing traumatic events, avoidance behaviors, negative alterations in cognition and mood, and hyperarousal, often developing after exposure to traumatic events 1 14.

Diagnosis

Key Diagnostic Criteria: Presence of intrusive thoughts or memories, avoidance of trauma-related stimuli, negative alterations in thoughts and mood, and hyperarousal symptoms 14.

Recommended Tests: No specific laboratory tests; diagnosis primarily based on clinical interviews and standardized assessment tools like the CAPS (Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale) 14.

Grading: Severity often graded based on symptom frequency and intensity, typically categorized as mild, moderate, or severe 14.

Management

First-Line Treatments:

- Psychotherapy: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Prolonged Exposure (PE), and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) 14 29 50. - Pharmacotherapy: Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) such as sertraline and paroxetine are recommended 14 14.

Adjunctive Treatments:

- Mindfulness-Based Interventions: Show promise in reducing PTSD symptoms 19 36. - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): Comparable efficacy to CBT in some meta-analyses 50. - Physical Exercise: Emerging evidence supports its role in symptom reduction 52. - AI-Assisted Art Therapy: Personalized emotional support shows potential in recovery from work-related injuries 13.

Special Populations

Pregnancy: PTSD is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes, with disparities noted among different sexual orientations 3.

Pediatrics: Children exposed to trauma may develop PTSD; interventions often involve caregiver involvement 21.

Elderly: Older adults with PTSD may face increased risk of hypertension and cardiovascular issues 44 47.

Comorbidities: PTSD is linked to metabolic syndrome, particularly in refugees, and can exacerbate cardiovascular risks 4 67.

Key Recommendations

Primary Treatment with SSRIs: Use sertraline or paroxetine for pharmacological management of PTSD symptoms (Evidence: Strong 14).

Psychotherapy as First-Line: Implement evidence-based psychotherapies such as CBT, PE, or CPT as initial treatment approaches (Evidence: Strong 14 29).

Consider Mindfulness and Exercise: Incorporate mindfulness-based interventions and physical exercise as adjuncts to improve psychological well-being (Evidence: Moderate 19 52).

Monitor Metabolic Health: Screen for metabolic syndrome, especially in populations like refugees with PTSD (Evidence: Moderate 4).

Address Sleep Disruption: Explore sleep engineering and manipulations as potential non-pharmacological interventions to manage PTSD symptoms (Evidence: Moderate 1 18).

Evaluate for Comorbid Conditions: Regularly assess for comorbid conditions such as hypertension and cardiovascular issues in older adults with PTSD (Evidence: Moderate 44 47).

References

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1 Lewis PA, Abdellahi MEA. Could sleep engineering be used to combat PTSD and depression?. PLoS biology 2026. link 2 De Grey SJ, Riley CB, Thompson KR, Squance HE, Cogger N. Psychological impacts and self-management by responders to emergency and disaster events involving animals: findings from a cross-sectional international survey. New Zealand veterinary journal 2026. link 3 Tam MW, Berzansky I, Chakraborty P, Reynolds CA, Soled KRS, McKetta S et al.. Post-traumatic stress disorder and adverse pregnancy outcomes: sexual orientation disparities in a prospective cohort study. BMC pregnancy and childbirth 2026. link 4 Smidl-Jørgensen J, Carlsson J, Sandahl H, Westergaard ML. Metabolic syndrome in refugees with PTSD: prevalence and associations with age, sex, and psychotropic medication use. Nordic journal of psychiatry 2026. link 5 Kühner C, Emmelkamp J, Goudriaan AE, de Waal MM, Thomaes K. Revictimisation Across Types of Interpersonal Violence: A Meta-Regression Analysis of PTSD and Associated Factors. Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress 2025. link 6 Rashed AL, Cherukuri A, Seu R, Taubman C, Jamal J, Guha D et al.. Comparing Tabletop and High-Fidelity Simulation for Disaster Medicine Training in Emergency Medicine Residents. Disaster medicine and public health preparedness 2025. link 7 Nowak R. Stress on the line: The role of organisational communication in responder well-being. Journal of business continuity & emergency planning 2025. link 8 Shanes A, Shecter I, Davis M. WADEM Position Statement: Disaster Medicine Education in Health Care Profession Training. Prehospital and disaster medicine 2025. link 9 Lowe J, Griffiths S. Residue and Resilience: Understanding and Addressing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Compassion Fatigue, Moral Injury, and Burnout in Emergency Medicine. The Journal of emergency medicine 2025. link 10 Wang C, Zhao H, Zhang Y, Shi R. Divergent pathways in urban residents' emergency behavior in China: a social cognition theory perspective based on a survey of 6,817 individuals across 72 communities. Frontiers in public health 2025. link 11 Farahmandnia H, Sartipi M, Nasiri A, Khosravizad A, Aminafshar A. Major challenges and barriers for successful management of health exercises in emergencies and disasters: findings from a qualitative conventional content analysis study. BMC emergency medicine 2025. link 12 Tremper LS, Neumann KE. Current opinion in anesthesiology: post-traumatic stress disorder following birth. Current opinion in anaesthesiology 2025. link 13 Xu C, Zhang Y, Li H, Mao Z. AI-Assisted Art Therapy: Enhancing Psychological Recovery in Work-Related Injuries Through Personalized Emotional Support. Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking 2025. link 14 Huang CY, Zhao YF, Zhang ZX, Liu RB, Liu JL, Li XZ et al.. Psychotherapeutic and pharmacological agents for post-traumatic stress disorder with sleep disorder: network meta-analysis. Annals of medicine 2024. link 15 Brown R, Cherian K, Jones K, Wickham R, Gomez R, Sahlem G. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for post-traumatic stress disorder in adults. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 2024. link 16 Shahrour G, Sohail K, Elrais S, Khan MH, Javeid J, Samdani K et al.. MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for the treatment of PTSD: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Neuropsychopharmacology reports 2024. link 17 Darsana, S VK. Psychosocial Intervention Among Orphans: A Meta-Analysis. Psychological reports 2024. link 18 Tng GYQ, Koh J, Soh XC, Majeed NM, Hartanto A. Efficacy of digital mental health interventions for PTSD symptoms: A systematic review of meta-analyses. Journal of affective disorders 2024. link 19 Jovanovic B, Garfin DR. 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Impact of extreme bushfire seasons on rates of occupational injury and disease compensation claims in first responders. International archives of occupational and environmental health 2024. link 33 Brennan CJ, Roberts C, Cole JC. Prevalence of occupational moral injury and post-traumatic embitterment disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ open 2024. link 34 Troyer EA, Kohn JN, Castillo MFR, Lobo JD, Sanchez YR, Ang G et al.. Post-traumatic stress in older, community-dwelling adults with hypertension during the COVID-19 pandemic: An investigation of pre-pandemic sociodemographic, health, and vascular and inflammatory biomarker predictors. Journal of health psychology 2024. link 35 Sheikh SA, Shah AJ, Bremner JD, Vaccarino V, Inan OT, Clifford GD et al.. Impedance cardiogram based exploration of cardiac mechanisms in post-traumatic stress disorder during trauma recall. Psychophysiology 2024. link 36 Ramachandran HJ, Bin Mahmud MS, Rajendran P, Jiang Y, Cheng L, Wang W. 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[1]
Could sleep engineering be used to combat PTSD and depression? — Lewis PA, Abdellahi MEA PLoS biology (2026)
[2]
Psychological impacts and self-management by responders to emergency and disaster events involving animals: findings from a cross-sectional international survey. — De Grey SJ, Riley CB, Thompson KR, Squance HE, Cogger N New Zealand veterinary journal (2026)
[3]
Post-traumatic stress disorder and adverse pregnancy outcomes: sexual orientation disparities in a prospective cohort study. — Tam MW, Berzansky I, Chakraborty P, Reynolds CA, Soled KRS, McKetta S et al. BMC pregnancy and childbirth (2026)
[4]
Metabolic syndrome in refugees with PTSD: prevalence and associations with age, sex, and psychotropic medication use. — Smidl-Jørgensen J, Carlsson J, Sandahl H, Westergaard ML Nordic journal of psychiatry (2026)
[5]
Revictimisation Across Types of Interpersonal Violence: A Meta-Regression Analysis of PTSD and Associated Factors. — Kühner C, Emmelkamp J, Goudriaan AE, de Waal MM, Thomaes K Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress (2025)
[6]
Comparing Tabletop and High-Fidelity Simulation for Disaster Medicine Training in Emergency Medicine Residents. — Rashed AL, Cherukuri A, Seu R, Taubman C, Jamal J, Guha D et al. Disaster medicine and public health preparedness (2025)
[7]
Stress on the line: The role of organisational communication in responder well-being. — Nowak R Journal of business continuity & emergency planning (2025)
[8]
WADEM Position Statement: Disaster Medicine Education in Health Care Profession Training. — Shanes A, Shecter I, Davis M Prehospital and disaster medicine (2025)
[9]
Residue and Resilience: Understanding and Addressing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Compassion Fatigue, Moral Injury, and Burnout in Emergency Medicine. — Lowe J, Griffiths S The Journal of emergency medicine (2025)
[10]
Divergent pathways in urban residents' emergency behavior in China: a social cognition theory perspective based on a survey of 6,817 individuals across 72 communities. — Wang C, Zhao H, Zhang Y, Shi R Frontiers in public health (2025)
[11]
Major challenges and barriers for successful management of health exercises in emergencies and disasters: findings from a qualitative conventional content analysis study. — Farahmandnia H, Sartipi M, Nasiri A, Khosravizad A, Aminafshar A BMC emergency medicine (2025)
[12]
Current opinion in anesthesiology: post-traumatic stress disorder following birth. — Tremper LS, Neumann KE Current opinion in anaesthesiology (2025)
[13]
AI-Assisted Art Therapy: Enhancing Psychological Recovery in Work-Related Injuries Through Personalized Emotional Support. — Xu C, Zhang Y, Li H, Mao Z Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking (2025)
[14]
Psychotherapeutic and pharmacological agents for post-traumatic stress disorder with sleep disorder: network meta-analysis. — Huang CY, Zhao YF, Zhang ZX, Liu RB, Liu JL, Li XZ et al. Annals of medicine (2024)
[15]
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for post-traumatic stress disorder in adults. — Brown R, Cherian K, Jones K, Wickham R, Gomez R, Sahlem G The Cochrane database of systematic reviews (2024)
[16]
MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for the treatment of PTSD: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). — Shahrour G, Sohail K, Elrais S, Khan MH, Javeid J, Samdani K et al. Neuropsychopharmacology reports (2024)
[17]
Psychosocial Intervention Among Orphans: A Meta-Analysis. — Darsana, S VK Psychological reports (2024)
[18]
Efficacy of digital mental health interventions for PTSD symptoms: A systematic review of meta-analyses. — Tng GYQ, Koh J, Soh XC, Majeed NM, Hartanto A Journal of affective disorders (2024)
[19]
Can mindfulness-based interventions reduce PTSD symptoms? An umbrella review. — Jovanovic B, Garfin DR Journal of anxiety disorders (2024)
[20]
The nested hierarchical model of self and its non-relational vs relational posttraumatic manifestation: an fMRI meta-analysis of emotional processing. — Scalabrini A, Cavicchioli M, Benedetti F, Mucci C, Northoff G Molecular psychiatry (2024)
[21]
Identifying effective moderators of cognitive behavioural trauma treatment with caregiver involvement for youth with PTSD: a meta-analysis. — Somers K, Spruit A, Stams GJ, Vandevelde S, Lindauer R, Assink M European child & adolescent psychiatry (2024)
[22]
FDA Denies Approval of MDMA-Assisted Therapy for PTSD. — Roush K The American journal of nursing (2024)
[23]
Pediatric disaster preparedness curriculum across emergency medicine residencies. — Cahan LO, Hart A, Hertelendy AJ, Voskanyan A, Weiner DL, Ciottone GR American journal of disaster medicine (2024)
[24]
Current Understanding of Emergency Medicine and Knowledge, Practice, and Attitude toward Disaster Preparedness and Management among Healthcare Workers in Nepal. — Shakya YR, Patel JN, Shrestha R, Shakya Shrestha S, Dangal R, Pradhan B et al. Kathmandu University medical journal (KUMJ) (2024)
[25]
Impacts of Post Critical Incident Seminar on emergency service personnel: The critical incident-related experiences and psychological state. — Korpela S, Nordquist H Scandinavian journal of psychology (2024)
[26]
Alternate Care Sites: A Novel Concept in Nepal During Disaster and Public Health Emergencies. — Singh AK, Singh S JNMA; journal of the Nepal Medical Association (2024)
[27]
The 2nd Alarm Project: Bridging Social Work and Public Health to Improve Mental Wellness in the Fire Service. — ODare K, Dillard D, King E, Dilks J, Herzog J, Rotunda R et al. Social work in public health (2024)
[28]
Post-traumatic stress syndromes following childbirth influenced by birth mode-is an emergency cesarean section worst? — Hüner B, Friedl T, Schütze S, Polasik A, Janni W, Reister F Archives of gynecology and obstetrics (2024)
[29]
Disaster Preparedness Intervention for Older Adults (Seniors' Positive Involvement in Community Emergencies): Protocol for a Quasi-Experimental Study. — White-Lewis S, Lightner J, Crowley J, Grimes A, Spears K, Chesnut S JMIR research protocols (2024)
[30]
"Our Hair, Our Strength, Our Identity": Native American reflections and what dermatologists can learn. — Rangel D, Choate E, Toya Y, Fleg A, Smidt AC Pediatric dermatology (2024)
[31]
Preparing Trainees to Rebound from Surgical Complications. — Galloway LAS, Luckenbaugh AN Current urology reports (2024)
[32]
Impact of extreme bushfire seasons on rates of occupational injury and disease compensation claims in first responders. — Wah W, Berecki-Gisolf J, Glass DC, Hoy RF, Sim MR, Collie A et al. International archives of occupational and environmental health (2024)
[33]
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