D-cycloserine Enhances PTSD Psychotherapy

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Also Included In: Psychology / Psychiatry
Article Date: 07 Jun 2012 0:00 PDT</p>

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<p>Posttraumatic highlight commotion (PTSD) is among a many common, distressing, and disabling medical consequences of fight or other intensely stressful life events. The first-line diagnosis for PTSD is bearing therapy, a form of behavioral therapy where patients confront their fears in a protected environment. Although it is an effective treatment, many patients still knowledge symptoms after diagnosis and there is a comparatively high drop-out rate.</p>

<p>In an bid to urge existent treatments, a new investigate appearing in Biological Psychiatry this week has tested a novel supposition about a diagnosis of PTSD subsequent from before work in animal models and other highlight disorders. They ...