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Inside Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

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    PTSD is a costly psychiatric condition affecting U.S. veterans

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My money's on Carlos to earn it back.

Meanwhile posttraumatic stress disorder is really serious folks especially.

For men and women in uniform.

But a drug that's held as a remedy may not be helping at all and doctor David somebody member of our Fox News medical aid team.

Chief of robotics in minimally invasive surgery at Mount Sinai School of Medicine here -- New York City.

Once a year -- family members of our servicemen and women to know about it -- good to see you thanks for coming in on this topic in particular.

There's a very sad day in Afghanistan we lost a lot of troops and for those who come home.

They also have issues to deal with particularly this 11 -- the signs for family members or even the servicemen and women to know they have post traumatic stress.

Virginia as you mentioned this is a very serious health issue.

PTS -- U posttraumatic stress that -- disorder.

Is -- -- in this it's anxiety disorder and there are a lot of symptoms it starts with the fact that they want to avoid.

Familiar places familiar people they try to avoid even their families.

The small things could really be mutating them and to get angry easily.

-- that used to be fun and entertaining for them now they really try to stay away from it.

And then finally He goes into like depressions and symptoms.

Which as it continues that if it's not recognized early on -- can go deeper and deeper than White House.

Medications for that is that helpful well there are a lot of medications.

Being used mostly anti depressant medications such as -- Zoloft or -- open they're being used.

But a lot of the efficiency they have -- sleep disorders they have nightmares -- have panic attack.

They've media have class faculties the trauma that has so now or more anti psychotic medication is one of them -- -- -- -- don't.

They're they're being used.

Which is typically used for schizophrenia or autism.

But now they're using these medications for PT it's -- as well I gotta get to the warnings on that drug that what is that you want people to know about using that particular drug the big news the reason -- we're talking about this today is because it jet and jet will actually need published a study recently given to the period between two residents haven't.

Tutu has an intent and what they found was that this particular the cancerous -- don't.

He's not as effective as we thought and it should only be used for patients that have -- psychotic.

Or psychosis.

In addition -- to PT SD it's not FDA approved.

And one has to be very careful because aside officials' orders here's where we go for more information on that there's a heart going I don't believe there's a phone number that we can put out of every patients that have this symptoms.

It can cause -- get more information but this is apps and than not to mention.

This is serious health hazard and a lot of people around -- have to recognize it disorders being recognized as being treated.

The better the outcome is going to be talked to somebody to integrate public service today for those who are so brain who take care costs every day thank you some -- shall -- -- and that is gonna do for -- -- to be Whitney Kelley as always -- to be with you every Saturday Jamie.

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