In turn, reduced hippocampal volume is associated with increased inflamma- tion and more severe PTSD symptoms in veterans (O'Donovan et al, 2015a). Cytokine actions can also facilitate cognitive and emotional deficits associated with PTSD, as IL-1β blocks long-term potentiation in the ...
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and chronic pain frequently co-occur. Patients with comorbid PTSD and chronic pain suffer more distress and disability than patients presenting with only one disorder. The present chapter provides a brief overview of the existing literature on the relationship between...
The effects of delta wave sleep interruption on pain thresholds and fibromyalgia-like symptoms in healthy subjects; correlations with insulin-like growth f... To assess the effects of delta wave sleep interruption (DWSI) on pain thresholds and fibromyalgia-like symptoms. To examine the potential ...
Results indicate relationships between Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) scores and health outcome measures of chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, functional status, quality of life, and health care utilization in terms of frequency and level of intensity. Implications for further inquiry are presented....
Fibromyalgia Patients Reading Self-Help Journals and in Internet Self-Help Groups: Are They Different from Patients in Clinical Practice? Robert Katz 1, Jim Boehnlein, M.D. Associate Director for Education, VA Northwest Network Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC) Profess...
“Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy” wherein I did therapy with my therapist while receiving ketamine at the same time. Ketamine by itself was incredible; ketamine and therapy simultaneously was miraculous. The ketamine enabled my therapist to walk with me through and process traumatic memories; in a...
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Department of Psychiatry, James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 526 OOMH, 130 W. Kingsbridge Rd, Bronx, NY, USA Rachel Yehuda, Janine D. Flory & Laura C. Pratchett Department of Psychiatry and Neurobiology Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA ...
Childhood traumas are commonly missed when we look at the problems an adult faces. Syndromes like Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Lupus, Depression and other systemic illnesses can often find their sources in what happened to the sufferers in childhood. But because the sources were so far...
Increased 24-hour urinary cortisol excretion in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder and patients with major depression, but not in patients with fibromyalgia. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1998;98:328–35. CrossRef Cohen S, Schwartz JE, Epel E, Kirschbaum C, Sidney S, Seeman T. Socio...