No Evidence that Psychiatric Drugs Work for PTSD

No Evidence that Psychiatric Drugs Work for PTSD
Thursday, April 24, 2008
by: David Gutierrez Key concepts: PTSD, psychiatric drugs and Institute of Medicine

NaturalNews) There is no evidence that drug treatments or the majority of non-drug treatments work on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a major review of the medical literature on the topic.

A committee of the Institute of Medicine reviewed the literature on PTSD treatments upon the request of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Initially, the committee identified 2,771 studies, but eventually reviewed only 90 of these. The trials reviewed included randomized controlled trials, controlled psychotherapy trials and placebo-controlled pharmacotherapy trials.

Of the 90 studies, exposure therapy was the only treatment that was supported by evidence of its effectiveness. All other tested treatments had insufficient evidence to support them.

"These therapies may or may not be effective - we just don't know in the absence of good data," said committee chair Alfred O. Berg.
go here for more
http://www.naturalnews.com/023100.html
Well now this just pisssed me off! "We just don't know" is unacceptable! When the hell will they know? It's not like they haven't studied the hell out of this since Vietnam or that psychology is any kind of new science. You'd think they would know exactly what was working by now but they don't make money if they find what works and end the suffering of millions of people. They can't get funded if they know exactly how to treat it effectively. There is no cure for PTSD but there are ways to lessen the eating away of lives. They do know that as soon as treatment begins, PTSD stops getting worse, no matter what the treatment is. Talk therapy, medications and all the other treatments work but they know it's not a one size fits all. If one treatment doesn't work then move on and offer another kind. If one on one talk therapy doesn't work, then use group therapy or the other way around. They need to stop wasting time studying what has already been studied for over 30 years AND COME UP WITH SOME NEW IDEAS!PTSD is as old as humans are!