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Extrait
The study is 12-week randomized placebo controlled trial compared to topiramate to treat patients with posttraumatic stress disorder, according to DSM-IV criteria. Patients will receive topiramate or placebo, the dose will start with 25 mg/day and every week 25mg will be increment according to patients tolerance to side effects. Patients will be evaluated by blind raters using Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) , Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36), Social Adjustment Scale (SAS). the outcomes will be improvement on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Depression, Anxiety, quality of life and social adjustment scale according to scales above.
Critère d'inclusion
- Posttraumatic stress disorder