It Is Time to Address the Crisis in the Pharmacotherapy of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Consensus Statement of the PTSD Psychopharmacology Working Group

doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.03.007

. 2017 Oct 1;82(7):e51-e59.

doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.03.007. Epub 2017 Mar 14.

It Is Time to Address the Crisis in the Pharmacotherapy of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Consensus Statement of the PTSD Psychopharmacology Working Group

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven; Clinical Neuroscience Division, National Center for PTSD, West Haven, Connecticut; Psychiatry Services, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Development Service, Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center, Tuscaloosa; Department of Psychiatry, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama.
³ Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco; San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington; VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington.
⁵ Executive Division, National Center for PTSD, White River Junction, Vermont; Department of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, White River Junction, Vermont.
⁶ Departments of Psychiatry and Family Medicine & Public Health, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla; VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California.
⁷ Clinical Neuroscience Division, National Center for PTSD, West Haven, Connecticut; Psychiatry Services, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut.
⁸ Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven.
⁹ Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Research & Development, Washington, DC; Cooperative Studies Program Central Office, VA Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.03.007

It Is Time to Address the Crisis in the Pharmacotherapy of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Consensus Statement of the PTSD Psychopharmacology Working Group

John H Krystal et al. Biol Psychiatry. 2017.

. 2017 Oct 1;82(7):e51-e59.

doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.03.007. Epub 2017 Mar 14.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven; Clinical Neuroscience Division, National Center for PTSD, West Haven, Connecticut; Psychiatry Services, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Development Service, Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center, Tuscaloosa; Department of Psychiatry, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama.
³ Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco; San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington; VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington.
⁵ Executive Division, National Center for PTSD, White River Junction, Vermont; Department of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, White River Junction, Vermont.
⁶ Departments of Psychiatry and Family Medicine & Public Health, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla; VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California.
⁷ Clinical Neuroscience Division, National Center for PTSD, West Haven, Connecticut; Psychiatry Services, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut.
⁸ Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven.
⁹ Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Research & Development, Washington, DC; Cooperative Studies Program Central Office, VA Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC.

PMID: 28454621
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.03.007

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[No authors listed] [No authors listed] Biol Psychiatry. 2018 Feb 1;83(3):296. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.11.003. Biol Psychiatry. 2018. PMID: 29277194 No abstract available.

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The PTSD Psychopharmacology Working Group: Two Suggestions.
Jindal RD. Jindal RD. Biol Psychiatry. 2018 Feb 1;83(3):e37. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.08.004. Epub 2017 Aug 12. Biol Psychiatry. 2018. PMID: 28916387 No abstract available.
It Is Time to Look for New Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Can Sympathetic System Modulation Be an Answer?
Lipov E, Tukan A, Candido K. Lipov E, et al. Biol Psychiatry. 2018 Jul 15;84(2):e17-e18. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.07.026. Epub 2017 Oct 12. Biol Psychiatry. 2018. PMID: 29132652 No abstract available.
Reply to: It Is Time to Look for New Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Can Sympathetic System Modulation Be an Answer?
Krystal JH, Davis LL, Neylan TC, Raskind M, Schnurr PP, Stein MB, Vessicchio J, Shiner B, Gleason TC, Huang GD. Krystal JH, et al. Biol Psychiatry. 2018 Jul 15;84(2):e19-e20. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.09.031. Epub 2017 Oct 12. Biol Psychiatry. 2018. PMID: 29132654 No abstract available.
Response to the Consensus Statement of the PTSD Psychopharmacology Working Group.
Feduccia AA, Mithoefer MC, Jerome L, Holland J, Emerson A, Doblin R. Feduccia AA, et al. Biol Psychiatry. 2018 Jul 15;84(2):e21-e22. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.11.023. Epub 2017 Nov 23. Biol Psychiatry. 2018. PMID: 29279203 No abstract available.

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