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Antidepressant treatment, posttraumatic stress disorder, survivor guilt, and spiritual awakening
Author(s) -
Khouzam Hani Raoul,
Kissmeyer Perla
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of traumatic stress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.259
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-6598
pISSN - 0894-9867
DOI - 10.1002/jts.2490100415
Subject(s) - fluoxetine , antidepressant , posttraumatic stress , depression (economics) , psychology , psychiatry , major depressive disorder , major depressive episode , depressive symptoms , anxiety disorder , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , medicine , anxiety , cognition , receptor , serotonin , economics , macroeconomics
Abstract A patient with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) had a major depressive episode that was responsive to treatment with the antidepressant fluoxetine. In contrast to the remission of other symptoms of depression, the associated feature of survivor guilt became more dramatically obvious. Individualized treatment of survivor guilt may be needed for patients with PTSD and major depression.

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