2024
The Management of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Acute Stress Disorder: Synopsis of the 2023 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and U.S. Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guideline.
Schnurr P, Hamblen J, Wolf J, Coller R, Collie C, Fuller M, Holtzheimer P, Kelly U, Lang A, McGraw K, Morganstein J, Norman S, Papke K, Petrakis I, Riggs D, Sall J, Shiner B, Wiechers I, Kelber M. The Management of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Acute Stress Disorder: Synopsis of the 2023 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and U.S. Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guideline. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2024, 177: 363-374. PMID: 38408360, DOI: 10.7326/m23-2757.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical practice guidelinesU.S. Department of Veterans AffairsDepartment of Veterans AffairsVeterans AffairsPosttraumatic stress disorderManagement of posttraumatic stress disorderAcute stress disorderExternal group of expertsPractice guidelinesDefense Clinical Practice GuidelinesStress disorderPatient-centered careIndividual health outcomesRevised CPGDepartment of Defense Clinical Practice GuidelinesVideo teleconferencingStrength of evidenceQuality of lifeCo-occurring conditionsHealth outcomesPatient perspectiveEvidence-basedPosttraumatic stress disorder treatmentSystematic searchCognitive processing therapyA clinician's guide to the 2023 VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline for Management of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Acute Stress Disorder
Lang A, Hamblen J, Holtzheimer P, Kelly U, Norman S, Riggs D, Schnurr P, Wiechers I. A clinician's guide to the 2023 VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline for Management of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Acute Stress Disorder. Journal Of Traumatic Stress 2024, 37: 19-34. PMID: 38184799, DOI: 10.1002/jts.23013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClinical practice guidelinesAcute stress disorderPractice guidelinesPosttraumatic stress disorderStress disorderCPG recommendationsVA/DOD Clinical Practice GuidelineDefense Clinical Practice GuidelineFeasibility of interventionsEvidence-based practiceClinical algorithmClinician's GuideAvailable evidenceDisordersGuidelinesPatientsCliniciansRecommendationsContextual assessment
2022
Comparison of mental health outcomes of augmenting medications for patients with posttraumatic stress disorder: A national veterans affairs study
Ranney R, Maguen S, Woods A, Seal K, Neylan T, Bernardy N, Wiechers I, Ryder A, Cohen B. Comparison of mental health outcomes of augmenting medications for patients with posttraumatic stress disorder: A national veterans affairs study. Journal Of Evaluation In Clinical Practice 2022, 29: 191-202. PMID: 35709244, DOI: 10.1111/jep.13726.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency room visitsPosttraumatic stress disorderPsychiatric emergency room visitsAugmenting medicationsRoom visitsMental health outcomesPsychiatric hospitalizationHospitalization/emergency room visitsHealth outcomesStress disorderPTSD symptomsVeterans Affairs studyDiagnosis of PTSDMedication groupClinical trialsAdditional interventionsMedicationsBaseline levelsPatientsVeterans AffairsNew prescriptionsElectronic recordsVisitsHospitalizationSymptoms
2021
Trends in Medication Prescribing in Patients With PTSD From 2009 to 2018: A National Veterans Administration Study.
Holder N, Woods A, Neylan TC, Maguen S, Seal KH, Bernardy N, Wiechers I, Ryder A, Urbieta AM, Cohen BE. Trends in Medication Prescribing in Patients With PTSD From 2009 to 2018: A National Veterans Administration Study. The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry 2021, 82 PMID: 34004087, DOI: 10.4088/jcp.20m13522.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAntipsychotic AgentsDrug PrescriptionsHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedPractice Patterns, Physicians'Psychotropic DrugsRetrospective StudiesSelective Serotonin Reuptake InhibitorsSerotonin and Noradrenaline Reuptake InhibitorsStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsVeteransConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderPercentage of patientsVeterans Health AdministrationVHA careAdjunctive medicationsOutpatient prescription recordsSSRIs/SNRIsVeterans Administration studyClinical practice guidelinesICD-10 codesAdverse side effectsEvidence-based psychotherapiesPsychotic spectrum disordersAAP useMedication classesBenzodiazepine prescriptionsMedication prescribingPrescription recordsSymptom improvementNational cohortPractice guidelinesMedicationsSide effectsICD-9Patients