Well, the Inner Librarian got a little, er hem, carried away in that last blog post on how to search online databases effectively for articles on PTSD and combat trauma -- and where those articles are to be found -- but, we didn't really get around to telling you WHAT you could find in those searches. Of course, it's better to do them yourself, but here's just a taste of what you can find by doing a search at the ...
In PubMed, if you do a search for "PTSD combat trauma" -- to pull in articles that talk about both -- important because not all PTSD is combat-related, as of today's date you can find articles such as the sample dozen that follow, all very recent -- in other words, published in the current year. Many also have "related links" in a sidebar to additionally interesting studies, which are also worth investigating. Here's a "random sample," no pun intended, of current research, published in medical journals in the U.S. and abroad. As you can see, the studies cover aspects of health, disease, family relationships, which drugs do or dont show promise, social skills for adapting to PTSD, whether group therapy is effective or not, etc. Recent articles include:
- Posttraumatic stress disorder, anger, and partner abuse among Vietnam combat veterans.
- Cardiovascular manifestations of posttraumatic stress disorder.
- Vicarious resilience: a new concept in work with those who survive trauma.
- Healing trauma: finding treatments that work.
- The psychological consequences of combat exposure: the importance of appraisals and post-traumatic stress disorder symptomatology in the occurrence of delusional-like ideas.
- Randomized, double-blind comparison of sertraline and placebo for posttraumatic stress disorder in a Department of Veterans Affairs setting.
- Contemporary group treatment of combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder.
- Assessing late-onset stress symptomatology among aging male combat veterans.
- Psychotic symptoms in combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder.
- Quality of parental relationships among persons with a lifetime history of posttraumatic stress disorder.
- The use of prazosin for the treatment of trauma nightmares and sleep disturbance in combat veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.
- Interpersonal trauma, war zone exposure, and posttraumatic stress disorder among veterans with schizophrenia.
(Editor's note: we're not dispensing medical advice here. Use common sense. Educate yourself and your caregivers if need be about PTSD and combat trauma. Know where to look to learn more: to share information with your healthcare providers, social workers, family members, combat buddies, co-workers, etc.)
