Reply to: It Is Time to Look for New Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Can Sympathetic System Modulation Be an Answer?

The Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Psychopharmacology Working Group appreciates the opportunity to respond to the letter to the editor from Lipov et  al. (1) regarding the potential application of thoracic and cervical (“stellate”) ganglion blockade to the treatment of PTSD. The Consensus Statement focused on the unmet need for effective pharmacotherapies for the treatment of PTSD (2), but it was not intended to in any way to suggest that a dvances in other forms of effective treatment for PTSD would not be welcomed.

Source: Biological Psychiatry - October 11, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: John H. Krystal, Lori L. Davis, Thomas C. Neylan, Murray Raskind, Paula P. Schnurr, Murray B. Stein, Jennifer Vessicchio, Brian Shiner, Theresa C. Gleason, Grant D. Huang Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research