Divalproex in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in a veteran population

Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 84-88

  Davis, Lori L ^a,b   Davidson, Jonathan R T ^c   Ward, L Charles ^a   Bartolucci, Al ^d   Bowden, Charles L ^e   Petty, Frederick ^f,g  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^f CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM;

ABNORMAL VISION; ADULT; AGED; ARMY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLINICIAN ADMINISTERED POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER SCALE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY DISORDER; MONOTHERAPY; NAUSEA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED STATES; URINARY FREQUENCY; VETERAN;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBAT DISORDERS; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GABA AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALPROIC ACID; VETERANS;

EID: 38349128467     PISSN: 02710749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JCP.0b013e318160f83b     Document Type: Article

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