Most PTSD treatments not proven effective
October 21st, 2007Scientists find that one therapy is shown to help disorder; evidence of drugs’ benefits inconclusive
From the Washington Post:
The majority of treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder that are used to treat hundreds of thousands of veterans lack rigorous scientific evidence that they are effective, according to a report issued yesterday by a panel of the federal government’s top scientists.
The report by the National Academies emphasized that the therapies might not be useless. Rather, it said, the evidence is weak when it comes to drawing any kind of conclusion about most of them.
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