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PTSD and Panic, Anxiety, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
NIH - Medical Encyclopedia: Post-traumatic stress disorder
"Post-traumatic stress disorder is a psychiatric illness that can occur following a traumatic event in which there was threat of injury or death to you or someone else. … (PTSD) may occur soon after a major trauma, or can be delayed for more than six months after the event. When it occurs soon after the trauma it usually resolves after three months, but some people experience a longer-term form of the condition, which can last for many years. … People with PTSD re-experience the event again and again in at least one of several ways. They may have recurrent distressing dreams and recollections of the event, a sense of reliving the experience (referred to as flashbacks), and/or become very distressed around the time of events that symbolize the event (such as anniversaries)."
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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Health Status: The Veterans Health Study. (J Ambul Care Manage. 2006)
"The association of PTSD with health status was substantial, suggesting that the burden of PTSD is at least comparable to, and may be worse than, that of depression. Mental health treatment alleviated some of this burden. The potential impact of PTSD on health status should be more widely recognized."
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PTSD Can Surface Up To 2 Years After Trauma “Some of the key findings: -- Four percent of those surveyed had delayed onset of PTSD; -- Women were more likely to experience PTSD than men; -- Having depression before the event was also a significant risk factor for PTSD.”
PTSD raises heart disease risk in Iraq war vets
Three in Every One Thousand U.S. Children Diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome “The study, “Prevalence of Diagnosed Tourette Syndrome in Children in the United States, 2007,” found that a TS diagnosis is three times more common in boys than in girls, and approximately twice as common in children between 12-17 years as those aged 6-12 years. Among children with TS, 27% were reported as having moderate or severe TS and 79% of children had also been diagnosed with at least one additional mental health or neurodevelopmental condition. Tourette Syndrome is a neurological disorder that typically begins during early childhood, with symptoms being most severe between the ages of 10 and 12 years. TS is characterized by recurring multiple motor tics and at least one vocal tic. Tics are involuntary, repetitive, stereotyped, usually sudden and rapid movements or vocalizations that may be suppressed for short periods of time. “TS and tic disorders have been linked to higher rates of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and impairments associated with these conditions, such as learning disabilities and problems with peer relations,” said Dr. Rebecca Bitsko, Health Scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Given the high number of children diagnosed with TS who have another mental health or neurodevelopmental condition, it is necessary to further study the relation between these conditions.” “
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Adults with Tourette's syndrome with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. (Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2009)
Age at onset of generalized anxiety disorder in older adults. (Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2009)
Blood lead levels and major depressive disorder, panic disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder in US young adults. (Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2009)
Clinical course of Tourette syndrome. (J Psychosom Res. 2009)
Does Anxiety Affect Risk of Dementia? Findings From the Caerphilly Prospective Study. (Psychosom Med. 2009)
Increased Risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction for Patients With Panic Disorder: A Nationwide Population-Based Study. (Psychosom Med. 2009)
Posttraumatic stress disorder and suicide attempts in a community sample of urban american young adults. (Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2009) “CONCLUSIONS: Posttraumatic stress disorder is an independent predictor of attempted suicide. Exposure to traumatic events without PTSD is not associated with a later suicide attempt.”
Predictors of early adult outcomes in pediatric-onset obsessive-compulsive disorder. (Pediatrics. 2009)
Predictors of psychosis: a 50-year follow-up of the Lundby population. (Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2009)
Prevalence of Diagnosed Tourette Syndrome in Persons Aged 6--17 Years --- United States, 2007 (MMWR 2009)
Secondary tics or tourettism associated with a brain tumor. (Pediatr Neurol. 2009)
The 2-year prognosis of panic episodes in the general population. (Psychol Med. 2009)
The course of panic attacks in individuals with panic disorder and subthreshold panic disorder: A population-based study. (J Affect Disord. 2009) “RESULTS: Thirty-nine percent of those with panic disorder and 17% of those with subthreshold panic disorder reported panic episodes during more than 75% of the observed time periods in the Life Chart Interview. Forty-three percent of those with panic disorder and 14% of those with subthreshold panic disorder reported over 24 attacks per 3-month period. Male gender, severity of panic and agoraphobia predicted a high proportion of time spent in panic episodes. Low self-esteem, limited positive life events and severity of panic predicted highly frequent attacks.”
[Tics and Tourette's syndrome throughout the life span.] (Nervenarzt. 2009)
Tourette syndrome and comorbid early-onset schizophrenia. (Psychosom Res. 2009)
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