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PTSD Research Quarterly (RQ)

Exciting New Developments in Pharmacotherapy for PTSD (PDF)

RQ Vol. 32(4), 2021 by Lori L. Davis, MD

Editorial Director: Matthew J. Friedman, MD, PhD
Bibliographic Editor: David Kruidenier, MLS
Managing Editor: Heather Smith, BA Ed

With the exception of new findings with ketamine and mixed results with prazosin, there have been very few encouraging new developments regarding novel medications for PTSD for the past 30 years. This issue of the Research Quarterly highlights exciting new pharmacologic targets, including psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, and briefly reviews studies of drugs that show a positive signal at 4 weeks but not endpoint, older compounds, head-to-head psychotherapy vs. pharmacotherapy studies, and prophylactic interventions aimed to prevent PTSD.

Recent Issues

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2021

• Couple/Family Interventions for PTSD (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 32(3), 2021 by Candice M. Monson, PhD and Steffany J. Fredman, PhD
• Literature on DSM-5 and ICD-11: An Update (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 32(2), 2021 by Michelle J. Bovin, PhD; Abigail A. Camden; Frank W. Weathers, PhD
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Racial Trauma (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 32(1), 2021 by Monnica T. Williams, PhD; Angela M. Haeny, PhD; Samantha C. Holmes, PhD

2020

• Racial and Ethnic Disparities in PTSD (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 31(4), 2020 by Michele Spoont, PhD; Juliette McClendon, PhD
• Anger and PTSD (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 31(3), 2020 by Leslie Morland, PhD, PsyD, Eric Elbogen, PhD, ABPP (Forensic) and Kirsten Dillon, PhD
• Behavioral Interventions for Comorbid PTSD and Substance Use Disorder (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 31(2), 2020 by Sonya B. Norman, PhD and Denise A. Hien, PhD, ABPP
• Practical Implications of Research on Intimate Partner Violence Against Women (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 31(1), 2020 by Katherine M. Iverson, PhD

2019

• PTSD and Aging (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 30(4), 2019 by Lewina Lee, PhD
• Medication-Assisted Psychotherapy for PTSD (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 30(3), 2019 by Boadie W. Dunlop, MD and Barbara O. Rothbaum, PhD
• PTSD and TBI Comorbidity (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 30(2), 2019 by Jasmeet P. Hayes, PhD
• Opioid Use Among Individuals with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 30(1), 2019 by Nancy Bernardy, PhD and Macgregor Montaño, PharmD, BCPP

2018

• Inflammation and PTSD (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 29(4), 2018 by Thomas C. Neylan, MD and Aoife O'Donovan, PhD
• The Dissociative Subtype of PTSD: An Update of the Literature (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 29(3), 2018 by Francesca L. Schiavone, Paul Frewen, PhD, Margaret McKinnon, PhD, and Ruth A. Lanius, MD, PhD
• Focal Brain Stimulation for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 29(2), 2018 by Paul Holtzheimer, MD
• Shared Decision-making for PTSD (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 29(1), 2018 by Juliette Harik, PhD

2017

• PTSD and Death from Suicide (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 28(4), 2017 by Jaimie L. Gradus, DSc, MPH
• Patient Engagement in PTSD Treatment (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 28(3), 2017 by Shannon Kehle-Forbes, PhD and Rachel Kimerling, PhD
• Meditation-based Approaches in the Treatment of PTSD (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 28(2), 2017 by Alexander M. Talkovsky, PhD and Ariel J. Lang, PhD, MPH
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Cardiovascular Disease (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 28(1), 2017 by Melanie Arenson, BS and Beth Cohen, MD, MAS

2016

• PTSD and Sleep (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 27(4), 2016 by Philip Gehrman, PhD, Gerlinde Harb, PhD, and Richard Ross, MD, PhD
• PTSD and Accelerated Aging (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 27(3), 2016 by Erika J. Wolf, PhD
• Group Treatment for PTSD - Revised (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 27(2), 2016 by Denise M. Sloan, and J. Gayle Beck (REVISED version posted 6/24/2016)
• Forty Years After the War: How are Vietnam Veterans Doing Today? (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 27(1), 2016 by Nida H. Corry, PhD, Richard Kulka, PhD and John A. Fairbank, PhD, and William E. Schlenger, PhD

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