Pentagon Was Warned Off Antipsychotic for PTSD

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Despite 2004 clinical guidelines issued by the Veterans’ Administration that “there is insufficient evidence to recommend atypical antipsychotics for the treatment of PTSD,”   a 2009 review found that 60% of patients prescribed antipsychotics had no record of an approved diagnosis and the largest proportion of those prescriptions was for PTSD.

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Kermit Cole
Kermit Cole, MFT, founding editor of Mad in America, works in Santa Fe, New Mexico as a couples and family therapist. Inspired by Open Dialogue, he works as part of a team and consults with couples and families that have members identified as patients. His work in residential treatment — largely with severely traumatized and/or "psychotic" clients — led to an appreciation of the power and beauty of systemic philosophy and practice, as the alternative to the prevailing focus on individual pathology. A former film-maker, he has undergraduate and master's degrees in psychology from Harvard University as well as an MFT degree from the Council for Relationships in Philadelphia. Kermit leads workshops and webinars on the role of humor in psychotherapy and other human services. You can reach him at [email protected].

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