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Inflammation May Be PTSD Risk Factor

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natasa778

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Writing online in JAMA Psychiatry, the researchers proposed that inflammation may predispose people to develop PTSD.

"If peripheral inflammation contributes to the development of PTSD, interventions to decrease inflammation, such as dietary or lifestyle modifications, might ameliorate the severity of this disorder," they wrote.

Paul E. Schulz, MD, of the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, who was not involved with the study, told MedPage Today that a clinical study "to investigate whether lowering CRP leads to a reduced incidence of developing PTSD" would help confirm a cause-and-effect relationship.
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http://www.medpagetoday.com/Psychiatry/AnxietyStress/44519
 
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Ema

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I can't believe that they could write this article and not mention cortisol.

Those with PTSD have consistently shown lower than normal levels of cortisol...which is just about the most potent anti-inflammatory around.
 
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roonie

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Many of the articles in those publications are ghost writers so not worth the paper they are written on. Its all about the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
 
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