Blog posts with the tag "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder"

Staff Perspective: A Dynamic Relationship Model for Couples Experiencing PTSD

By Debra Nofziger  on 11.03.2015 11:19 am

Working with Veterans with PTSD is an intense experience where all focus can be on helping alleviate the Veteran's symptoms.  What can sometimes get lost in this process is how the Veteran's family and relationships are surviving.  PTSD does not happen in a bubble and can have very harsh impacts on relationships.  These relationships will be changed even in the best case scenarios.  On the flip side, aspects of close relationships will impact how the Veteran's PTSD symptoms are experienced.  Following is a review of a recent research article which develops a multi-dimentional model of how relationship qualities can both be impacted by and affect the experience of PTSD.

Staff Perspective: New Research Comparing Cognitive Processing Therapy with Cognitive Processing Therapy-Cognitive Only

By Debra Nofziger  on 07.01.2015 1:16 pm

Does anyone else have their fingers crossed that researchers will start finding evidence of which PTSD treatments work best with which specific patients?  Happily, it seems like researchers are starting to ask those questions as well, and the recent article comparing Cognitive Processing Therapy standard protocol to Cognitive Processing Therapy - Cognitive Only may have inadvertently started to answer this question.  

Staff Perspective: A Review of “Soul Repair: Recovering from Moral Injury after War”

By Diana Dolan  on 17.09.2014 12:30 pm

A colleague of mine recommended I read the book "Soul Repair: Recovering from Moral Injury after War" after a discussion on the topic of moral injury.  In this article, I review the book from my perspective as a clinician who has worked with service members who likely had moral injuries and as a former active duty Service member.

Research Update: 4 Sept. 2014

By Shirl Kennedy  on 04.09.2014 12:07 pm

The CDP's weekly research update contains the latest news, journal articles and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:

  • PTSD Research Quarterly - Literature on DSM-5 and ICD-11
  • PTSD Monthly Update - 25th Anniversary of the National Center for PTSD
  • Tramadol treatment of combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder.
  • Supporting talk-based mental health interventions with digital whiteboards.

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