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STUDIES ON MANIA AND POSTTRAUMATIC
STRESS DISORDER IN CHILDREN UNDER WAY
February 10, 2005
(SACRAMENTO, Calif.)
— Physicians and researchers in the Department
of Psychiatry at UC Davis Medical Center are seeking participants
for research studies on mania and posttraumatic stress disorder
in children.
Physicians are also investigating the effectiveness of an investigational
medication to treat children and adolescents who have posttraumatic
stress disorder, an anxiety disorder triggered by memories of
a traumatic event.
The disorder commonly affects survivors of traumatic events, such
as a natural disaster, death, war, physical or sexual abuse, fire
or other serious accidents. It produces a variety of symptoms,
including troubling memories of the event, emotional numbness,
difficulty falling or staying asleep, irritability, outbursts
of anger, nightmares of the event, and jumpiness or excessive
worry.
Children who have these symptoms and are between 6 and 17 years
of age may be eligible to participate in the three-month study.
For more information about these studies, call the 24-hour research
study message line at (916) 734-7732. All participation is no
cost to those who qualify.
Robert Hendren, executive director of the UC
Davis M.I.N.D. Institute, and professor and chief of child
psychiatry at UC Davis Medical Center, is the principal investigator
of both studies. Norman Brulé is the study coordinator.
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David
Ong
Medical News Office,
(916) 734-9049 |
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