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Gabapentin in PTSD: a retrospective, clinical series of adjunctive therapyM B Hamner
Mental Health Service, Ralph H Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina 29401, USA
Ann Clin Psychiatry 13:141-6. 2001..Prospective, controlled studies are needed to further investigate the effects of gabapentin on insomnia, nightmares, and other core PTSD symptoms...
A preliminary controlled trial of divalproex in posttraumatic stress disorderMark B Hamner
Mental Health Service 116, Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center, 109 Bee Street Charleston, SC 29401, USA
Ann Clin Psychiatry 21:89-94. 2009..The objective of this study was to conduct a placebo-controlled study of the efficacy and tolerability of divalproex in chronic PTSD patients...
Quetiapine treatment in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder: an open trial of adjunctive therapyMark B Hamner
Mental Health Service, Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center, 109 Bee Street, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
J Clin Psychopharmacol 23:15-20. 2003..Studies utilizing a randomized, controlled trial design and larger sample sizes are needed to better define the potential role of quetiapine and other atypical antipsychotics in the treatment of PTSD...
Emerging roles for atypical antipsychotics in chronic post-traumatic stress disorderMark B Hamner
Department of Psychiatry, Ralph H Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
Expert Rev Neurother 5:267-75. 2005..Currently, possible indications for their use include treatment-resistant post-traumatic stress disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder with comorbid psychotic features...
The effects of atypical antipsychotics on serum prolactin levelsMark Hamner
PTSD Clinic and Clinical Research Section, Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina 29403, USA
Ann Clin Psychiatry 14:163-73. 2002..It concludes with an overview of the effects of specific atypical antipsychotics on prolactin levels in patients with schizophrenia...
Treatment-resistant posttraumatic stress disorder: strategies for interventionMark B Hamner
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA
CNS Spectr 9:740-52. 2004..This review will address representative existing studies and discuss several potential pharmacologic strategies for patients suffering from treatment-refractory PTSD...
The relationship between combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder and the 5-HTTLPR/rs25531 polymorphismZhewu Wang
Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Depress Anxiety 28:1067-73. 2011..This study investigated the role of the 5-HTTLPR polymorphism, triallelically classified, in a sample of combat veterans with and without PTSD...
Substance use and schizophrenia: adverse correlates in the CATIE study sampleKarin E Kerfoot
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
Schizophr Res 132:177-82. 2011....
Elderly veterans with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder in specialty careB Christopher Frueh
Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29401, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 192:75-9. 2004
Diagnosis and treatment of PTSD-related compulsive checking behaviors in veterans of the Iraq war: the influence of military context on the expression of PTSD symptomsPeter W Tuerk
Charleston VAMC, Mental Health 116, 109 Bee St, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
Am J Psychiatry 166:762-7. 2009..Thus, clinicians and researchers must remain cognizant of how theater-specific duties influence the manifestation and treatment of PTSD in order to provide optimal care to a new generation of veterans...
Neurocognitive functioning in posttraumatic stress disorderMichael David Horner
Mental Health Service, Ralph H Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina 29401, USA
Neuropsychol Rev 12:15-30. 2002....
Open-label trial of escitalopram in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorderSophie Robert
Mental Health Service, Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 67:1522-6. 2006..Its S-enantiomer escitalopram, which may have faster onset and greater magnitude of effect than citalopram in other conditions, has not yet been investigated in PTSD...
Documented combat exposure of US veterans seeking treatment for combat-related post-traumatic stress disorderB Christopher Frueh
Medical University of South Carolina, Ralph H Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Br J Psychiatry 186:467-72; discussion 473-5. 2005..There are concerns regarding the validity of combat exposure reports of veterans seeking treatment for combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) within US Veterans Affairs Medical Centers...
Racial differences in psychotic symptoms among combat veterans with PTSDB Christopher Frueh
Medical University of South Carolina, Veterans Affairs Medical Center Charleston, South Carolina 29401 5799, USA
Depress Anxiety 16:157-61. 2002..African-Americans with PTSD endorsed more items suggesting positive symptoms of psychosis, without higher rates of primary psychosis, depression, or anxiety than Caucasians...
Neural correlates of speech anticipatory anxiety in generalized social phobiaJeffrey P Lorberbaum
Department of Psychiatry and Center for Advanced Imaging, Medical University of South Carolina Charleston MUSC, SC 29425, USA
Neuroreport 15:2701-5. 2004..Phobics may become so anxious, they cannot think clearly or vice versa...
Prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder in Veterans Affairs primary care clinicsKathryn M Magruder
Mental Health Service, Ralph H Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 109 Bee Street, Charleston, SC 29401 5799, USA
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 27:169-79. 2005..0% vs. 17.8%). Although PTSD(+) patients had more medical record diagnoses than PTSD-negative [PTSD(-)] patients (6.28 vs. 4.95), their use of primary care, urgent care and inpatient care was not different from PTSD(-) patients...
A randomized trial of telepsychiatry for post-traumatic stress disorderB Christopher Frueh
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
J Telemed Telecare 13:142-7. 2007..The results provide preliminary support for the use of telepsychiatry in the treatment of PTSD to improve access to care...
Comparison of antipsychotic medication effects on reducing violence in people with schizophreniaJeffrey W Swanson
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, 905 West Main Street, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Br J Psychiatry 193:37-43. 2008..Violence is an uncommon but significant problem associated with schizophrenia...
Prolonged exposure therapy for combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder: an examination of treatment effectiveness for veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and IraqPeter W Tuerk
Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center, Mental Health Service, Charleston, SC 29401, United States
J Anxiety Disord 25:397-403. 2011..Results indicate that PE in regular VA mental healthcare contexts can be as effective as when implemented in carefully conducted RCTs...
Service use and satisfaction among elderly former prisoners of war in South CarolinaB Christopher Frueh
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, SC 29401-5799, USA
Mil Med 168:682-7. 2003....
A potential role for thalamocingulate circuitry in human maternal behaviorJeffrey P Lorberbaum
Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA
Biol Psychiatry 51:431-45. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: Our results partially support our hypotheses and are generally consistent with neuroanatomical studies of rodent maternal behavior...
Clinical presentations in combat veterans diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorderJon D Elhai
Disaster Mental Heealth Institute, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, 57069 2390, USA
J Clin Psychol 59:385-97. 2003..1990). Clusters also were different in disability-seeking status, employment status, and income. Implications for research and clinical practice using the MMPI-2 with combat veterans presenting with PTSD are briefly addressed...
Quetiapine improves sleep disturbances in combat veterans with PTSD: sleep data from a prospective, open-label studySophie Robert
J Clin Psychopharmacol 25:387-8. 2005
Baseline use of concomitant psychotropic medications to treat schizophrenia in the CATIE trialMiranda H Chakos
Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, 11572, USA
Psychiatr Serv 57:1094-101. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Concomitant use of psychotropic medications to treat people with schizophrenia is common. Empirical data demonstrating the effectiveness of many of these agents for this population are lacking...
