Post-traumatic stress disorder

AN Merians, T Spiller, I Harpaz-Rotem… - Medical …, 2023 - medical.theclinics.com
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder characterized by the
development of intrusive symptoms, avoidance of trauma-related cues, negative alterations …

MDMA-assisted therapy for moderate to severe PTSD: a randomized, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial

JM Mitchell, M Ot'alora G, B van der Kolk, S Shannon… - Nature Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
This multi-site, randomized, double-blind, confirmatory phase 3 study evaluated the efficacy
and safety of 3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine-assisted therapy (MDMA-AT) versus …

Racial discrimination is associated with acute posttraumatic stress symptoms and predicts future posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity in trauma‐exposed …

CM Bird, EK Webb, AT Schramm… - Journal of traumatic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In the United States, Black residents exposed to a traumatic event are at an
increased risk of developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and experiencing more …

Chromosomes to social contexts: sex and gender differences in PTSD

R Kimerling, MC Allen, LE Duncan - Current psychiatry reports, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This review highlights recent research on sex-and gender-
related factors in the prevalence, symptom expression, and treatment of PTSD. Further …

Intensive care unit nurses' lived experiences of psychological stress and trauma caring for COVID-19 patients

P Levi, J Moss - Workplace health & safety, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Intensive care unit (ICU) nurses are enduring unprecedented burden caring for
COVID-19 patients. Few studies have reported types of work-related events that lead to …

Interpersonal trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder among black women: does racial discrimination matter?

Y Mekawi, S Carter, B Brown… - Journal of Trauma & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
There is evidence that the more frequent, severe, and chronic posttraumatic stress disorder
(PTSD) symptomatology experienced by Black compared to White individuals cannot be …

Understanding the psychological impact of oppression using the trauma symptoms of discrimination scale

M Williams, M Osman, C Hyon - Chronic Stress, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Oppression refers to systemic discrimination where the injustice targets or disproportionately
impacts specific groups of people. The Trauma Symptoms of Discrimination Scale (TSDS) is …

Prevalence of current PTSD symptoms among a sample of Black individuals aged 15 to 40 in Canada: The major role of everyday racial discrimination, racial …

JM Cénat, RD Dalexis, WP Darius… - The Canadian …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective Most Black individuals in Canada report having experienced racial discrimination.
Although previous studies have shown that there is a strong relationship between racial …

Racial discrimination and resting-state functional connectivity of salience network nodes in trauma-exposed Black adults in the United States

EK Webb, CM Bird, TA deRoon-Cassini… - JAMA network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance For Black US residents, experiences of racial discrimination are still pervasive
and frequent. Recent empirical work has amplified the lived experiences and narratives of …

Capability for suicide: Discrimination as a painful and provocative event

JR Brooks, JH Hong, S Cheref… - Suicide and Life …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Developing the capability to die by suicide, and overcoming one's natural instinct
of self‐preservation, is thought to occur as a result of habituation to the fear and pain …