Posted on Mar 30, 2017
New Research Delivers Hope For More Accurate PTSD Diagnosis And Treatment
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Researchers are working at brain banks around the country to see what is going on inside the heads of veterans. COL Mikel J. Burroughs
New Research Delivers Hope For More Accurate PTSD Diagnosis And Treatment
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RP Members and Connection interested in PTSD check out this article - very interesting. Your thoughts are welcome.
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SP5 Robert Ruck
Filling out a questionnaire to ascertain if a Vet has PTSD seems a very subjective method of diagnosis. That is almost like a self diagnosis. With the stigma of mental disorder hanging over one's head how many Vets will answer truthfully questions regarding their mental stability. Think of it this way, when you are at the doctor's office because you are in pain and you have to gauge the pain on the pain scale 1-10. To you the pain may be very bearable so you say it's a 5. To someone else it may seem an 8 or 9 because their threshold of pain is a lot less. So whatever diagnosis or treatment is decided upon is based on a somewhat subjective basis. Hopefully a sound medical test will alleviate any subjective basis for diagnosing PTSD.
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Lynda Key
This is absolutely crucial for adequate research. We donate other organs. We should put it on our will.
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This story read a bit like Catch 22. We need brains of people suffering PTSD so that we can examine them and determine the markers needed to diagnose PTSD. Now think about that. How do you know if the brain comes from someone with PTSD if you don't yet have a definitive method of diagnosing PTSD other than a multiple choice test that people are likely to fudge?
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SSG Edward Tilton
Sort of a final insult. They blocked my head in and studied it for hours in an MRI. They determined my brain to be abbey normal, so I don't think I can donate it. Without the PTSD I have spent 50 years developing, I don't know who I would be.
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Thanks for the alert Kim Bolen RN CCM ACM the most sobering aspect of this article is the fact that there seems to be a brain donation shortage of PTSD brains. I am an organ donor but don't have many useful organs for donation at this point.
Hopefully many veteran suffering from PTSD are organ donors.
"There are almost no brains of patients with PTSD and TBI (traumatic brain injuries) available for study in the U.S. ― or world for that matter,” said Dr. Kerry Ressler, McLean Hospital’s chief scientific officer. Dr. Ressler believes advancing brain research could lead to “better treatments, interventions, and maybe one day cures.”
"Donating a brain is easy. Anyone over the age of 18 can register to give their brain. Brain banks suggest potential donors consult with family members because whoever is closest to the donor will be asked to sign a consent form after the donor’s death. People who are not veterans with PTSD can also help the cause by donating their brains. That gives researchers a baseline from which to compare."
Hopefully veterans suffering from PTSD have already signed up to donate their brains after they pas on.
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Thanks for mentioning e COL Mikel J. Burroughs
Hopefully many veteran suffering from PTSD are organ donors.
"There are almost no brains of patients with PTSD and TBI (traumatic brain injuries) available for study in the U.S. ― or world for that matter,” said Dr. Kerry Ressler, McLean Hospital’s chief scientific officer. Dr. Ressler believes advancing brain research could lead to “better treatments, interventions, and maybe one day cures.”
"Donating a brain is easy. Anyone over the age of 18 can register to give their brain. Brain banks suggest potential donors consult with family members because whoever is closest to the donor will be asked to sign a consent form after the donor’s death. People who are not veterans with PTSD can also help the cause by donating their brains. That gives researchers a baseline from which to compare."
Hopefully veterans suffering from PTSD have already signed up to donate their brains after they pas on.
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Thanks for mentioning e COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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