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Posttraumatic Stress Disorders
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Condition overview
Attributes
Incidenceis approximately 1 in 133 people
Linked signs and symptoms
9Each sign/symptom opens its own page and links back to related conditions.
Linked drugs / medications
3Medication information is educational only. A doctor or pharmacist should advise whether any medicine is appropriate.
Treatments, therapies and supportive options
15Grouped by treatment type. These are educational database links, not personal treatment recommendations. Evidence labels are shown only where stored in the EH database.
Counselling and support
4Alternative and complementary therapies
6Alternative therapies
2Linked diagnostic tests and investigations
19These are pulled from both EH diagnostic-test link tables, including the older large test-link table.
- Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (AAT) Concentration
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Protein Concentration
- colonoscopy
- Eosinophils Count
- erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)
- Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH) Concentration
- Glucagon Concentration Test
- Luteinizing Hormone (LH) Concentration
- Lymphocytes Count
- Neutrophil Absolute Count
- Physical Examination
- Plasminogen Activity
- Rectal Exam
- sigmoidoscopy
- Thrombin Time
- Thyroxine Binding Globulin Concentration (TBG, Thyroid Binding Globulin, Blood)
- Urine Albumin 24hr test
- Urine Granular Cast Concentration
- White Blood Cell (WBC) Count
Biological and test markers
16This visual map uses existing EH database links to show biological agents and lab markers reported as increased, decreased, or associated with this condition. These are educational relationships only; test results must be interpreted by a qualified clinician because ranges vary by lab, method, age, sex and clinical context.
Often increased
12- Alpha-1 Antintrypsin (AAT)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 90–215 mg/dLLinked diagnostic tests1Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (AAT) Concentration
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Total ProteinReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 15–45 mg/dL; Child (< 10y): 15–70 mg/dLLinked diagnostic tests1Cerebrospinal Fluid Protein Concentration
- EosinophilsReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 0–3 %; 0–3 %Linked diagnostic tests3Differential White Blood Cell Count Tests, Eosinophil Differential Of Total WBC
- Erythrocyte Sedimentation RateReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y), Female: 0–20 mm/Hr; Adult ( > 16y), Male: 0–15 mm/HrLinked diagnostic tests1erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)
- Forced Expiratory Volume At Three Seconds (FEV3)Reference range exampleAll: 95–100 %Linked diagnostic tests1Spirometry
- GlucagonReference range exampleChild (0 - 16y): 0–147 pg/mL; Adult ( > 16y): 20–110 pg/mLLinked diagnostic tests1Glucagon Concentration Test
- PlasminogenReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y), Female: 65–153 %; Adult ( > 16y), Male: 70–120 %Linked diagnostic tests1Plasminogen Activity
- Segmented NeutrophilsReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 50–62 %; Adult ( > 16y): 2,500–8,000 mm3Linked diagnostic tests2Differential White Blood Cell Count Tests, Neutrophil Absolute Count
- Thrombin TimeReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 10–20 secondsLinked diagnostic tests1Thrombin Time
- Unrine Granular CastsReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 0–0 Not PresentLinked diagnostic tests1Urine Granular Cast Concentration
- Urine AlbuminReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y), Female: 30–105 mg/dL; Adult ( > 16y), Male: 10–145 mg/dLLinked diagnostic tests1Urine Albumin 24hr test
- White Blood Cell (WBC)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 4.5–10.5 million/mL; Adult ( > 16y): 3.2–10 million/mLLinked diagnostic tests1White Blood Cell (WBC) Count
Often decreased
4- Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y), Female: 0.6–55 units/L; Adult ( > 16y), Male: 1.49–15 units/LLinked diagnostic tests1Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH) Concentration
- Luteinizing Hormone (LH)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y), Female: 3–56 units/L; Adult ( > 16y), Male: 1.2–8 units/LLinked diagnostic tests1Luteinizing Hormone (LH) Concentration
- LymphocytesReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 25–40 %; 700–3,500 cells/mm3Linked diagnostic tests2Differential White Blood Cell Count Tests, Lymphocytes Count
- Thyroxine Binding Globulin (TBG, Thyroid Binding Globulin, Blood)Reference range exampleInfant (0 - 1y), Female: 1.7–3.6 mg/dL; Infant (0 - 1y), Male: 1.6–3.5 mg/dLLinked diagnostic tests1Thyroxine Binding Globulin Concentration (TBG, Thyroid Binding Globulin
Other associated markers
0No markers in this group.
Introduction / full article
Posttraumatic Stress Disorders
Efficacy of Alternative and Other Treatments According to GRADE* Ranking:
Polarity Therapy:
Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It may mildly help with the symptoms, and even then has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present.
Recommendation: no recommendation (there is insufficient evidence showing an positive effect of polarity therapy on PTSD)
Grade of Evidence: very low quality of evidence
Tai Chi:
Recommendation: weakly in favor (a controlled trial has shown evidence that Tai Chi can help treat PTSD)
Grade of Evidence: low quality of evidence
Creative Art Therapy (Expressive Therapy):
Recomendation: no recommendation (There is insufficient evidence to support claims of Expressive Therapy helping to treat PTSD)
Grade of Evidence: very low quality of evidence
Hypnosis:
Recommendation: no recommendation (Studies regarding the effects of hypnosis on PTSD have had mixed results)
Grade of Evidence: low quality of evidence
Image Therapy:
Recommendation: no recommendation (there is insufficient evidence regarding the effects of Image Therapy on PTSD)
Grade of Evidence: low quality of evidence
Meditation:
Recommendation: weakly in favor (reports from the NIH show that regular meditation can help in treating PTSD)
Grade of Evidence: low quality of evidence
* www.gradeworkinggroup.org