Integrative Therapy Approaches for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Special Focus on Treating Veterans.

Over the past decade, the use of integrative health modalities, such as mind-body interventions, art therapy, nutrition, and exercise, to treat stress-related mental health conditions, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), in military and veteran populations has been increasing. The use of integrative therapies for PTSD provides options for veterans who are not interested in traditional modalities, have limited access to traditional treatments, or are seeking a more comprehensive approach to managing their PTSD or subthreshold symptoms. These therapies show promise for improving overall well-being and comorbid conditions with PTSD, such as pain or migraines, but yield mixed data for PTSD symptoms.

Modulation of the sleep state-dependent P50 midlatency auditory-evoked potential by electric stimulation of acupuncture points.

Objective: To determine if the P50 midlatency auditory evoked potential, a sleep state-dependent waveform thought to be generated by the reticular activating system, is modulated after surface stimulation of acupuncture points (ie, electroacupuncture).

Design: P50 potential recordings were carried out before, during, and after electroacupuncture.

Setting: A clinical research center.

Enthesitis of biceps brachii short head and coracobrachialis at the coracoid process: a generator of shoulder and neck pain.

This series describes the outcome of diagnostic block at the coracoid process's common origin of the biceps brachii short head and coracobrachialis for anterior shoulder pain and cervical myofascial pain syndrome in six patients. All showed significant tenderness over the tip of the coracoid process. All underwent diagnostic injection with Marcaine at the coracoid process, followed by therapeutic injection with Marcaine and DepoMedrol.

Validation of postural radiographs as a way to measure change in pelvic obliquity.

Objective: To evaluate the validity of using postural radiographs to assess change in pelvic obliquity.

Design: Blinded comparison of reference lines and instrument development of postural radiographs.

Setting: Veterans Administration hospital.

The prevalence of postural asymmetry in people with and without chronic low back pain.

Objective: To determine the extent of pelvic obliquity and lateral sacral base angle in subjects with and without chronic low back pain (LBP) by using postural radiographs.

Design: Cross-sectional, controlled.

Setting: A Veterans Administration hospital.