U.S., Sept. 4 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07802158) titled 'Discontinuing Psychotropic Medication Before Psychotherapy for PTSD' on Aug. 31.
Brief Summary: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is commonly treated with trauma-focused psychotherapy, including prolonged exposure therapy and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). Patients frequently also use psychotropic medications for insomnia, anxiety, or other PTSD-related symptoms.
In a previous cohort study of more than 6,000 adults with PTSD treated in 2021-2024 (https://doi.org/10.1159/000549259), psychotropic co-medication was associated with less improvement in PTSD symptoms after adjustment for 27 baseline covariates;...