Open in a separate window. Molecular processes These results can be interpreted in concert with a growing body of evidence suggesting that epigenetic processes mediate the relationship between environmental exposures and risk for psychopathology, including PTSD and MDD. Pharmacological treatment This issue is complicated with respect to pharmacological treatment as there are no pharmacotherapies that specifically address PTSD, ie, the recommended medications are antidepressants.
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Gilbertson MW. Nat Neurosci. Shin LM. Kasai K. Evidence for acquired pregenual anterior cingulate gray matter loss from a twin study of combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder. Kemp AH. Psychiatry Res. Lanius RA. Also, doctors use the medicine selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors SSRI for both disorders. Depression and PTSD often co-occur, especially as a response to a traumatic experience. Because many of the symptoms of PTSD and depression are the same or similar, it can be difficult to know which one you are facing—or if you have both as co-occurring disorders.
A qualified mental health professional and care at a residential treatment facility can provide a proper diagnosis and a personalized treatment plan for your individual situation and help you recover from PTSD and depression. By the time my family helped me check into Bridges, I was wreck in every sense of the word. Now, those days seem long ago. Treatment Specialties. View Our Facilities. Meet Our Experts.
We are here to listen compassionately. Our free, confidential telephone consultation will help you find the best treatment program for you. We can also guide you in approaching a loved one who needs treatment. Skip to content Admissions Search for:. PTSD and Depression. With both disorders, you may: Lose interest in activities you previously liked Feel hopeless Have negative feelings or pessimism Have cognitive impairments such as trouble concentrating or remembering Other symptoms of the two disorders are similar.
Call for a Free Confidential Assessment. Many Veterans suffer from mental health disorders due to the events they have witnessed or experienced while serving their country.
Many people automatically assume that if a person experiences a traumatic event and has a mental health condition because of that event, they must have PTSD. Many veterans specifically are surprised when they are not diagnosed with PTSD but are diagnosed with a different mental health condition instead. There has come to be a certain acceptance surrounding the diagnosis of PTSD; that it is an acceptable mental health diagnosis for a veteran to have.
Often times, other diagnosed mental illness can be just as valid and debilitating, and many times arise from the same events. So what is the difference between conditions? While yes that is a possibility since a veteran with a history of anxiety before service could have been exposed to a traumatic experience in active duty, we still have to consider several factors.
A common issue with differentiating between mental health conditions is that many of them have very similar symptoms.
That makes it so challenging to determine, especially in one session, which diagnosis a veteran may have. Add the fact that most of us do not want to go into a room and talk to a stranger about our most traumatic life events, and then the diagnosis can get even more challenging to make. This is why we see veterans diagnosed with one condition, then later be diagnosed with a different one, or an additional one, or two.
There are also theories that some chronic trauma disorders such as PTSD cause a person to create coping skills that mimic other disorders such as Borderline Personality disorder or Bipolar disorder. PTSD is always associated with the experiencing, witnessing, or learning of a traumatic event that causes death or great bodily harm, or has the potential to cause death or great bodily harm, to ourselves or someone we care about.
We often associate events such as combat, sexual assault, kidnapping, car accidents, natural disasters, major surgeries, acts of violence, and chronic abuse with PTSD. PTSD must meet certain criteria when being diagnosed. The first is exposure to a traumatic event where the Veteran experienced, witnessed, or was confronted with an event that involved actual or threatened death or serious injury or a threat to the physical integrity of self or others; and the response was intense fear, helplessness, or horror.
When the average person hears anxiety, we start thinking pre-existing issues like Generalized Anxiety Disorder GAD among others. The difference between PTSD and anxiety can be tricky to pinpoint, especially when soldiers with history of mental health issues like anxiety are then exposed to extremely traumatic experiences in their military service. Their symptoms may be re-aggravated or made worse.
Because every person is different and reacts differently to situations based on their coping skills, morals, values, and experiences in life; reactions to those events will be different as well. Where one person may not have any lasting mental health condition to an event, another may develop PTSD.
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