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Lead
Hadassah Medical Organization
Age
18–67
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Outpatients that have experienced an acute event that meets the DSM-IV A.1 PTSD criterion: "the person experienced, witnessed, or was confronted with an event or events that involved actual or threatened death or serious injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of self or others;"
Outpatients that also meet DSM-IV A.2. PTSD criterion: "the person's response involved intense fear, helplessness, or horror;" and
Outpatients that have a heart rate upon ED presentation \>80 BPM
Outpatients that hadn't fallen asleep for a night after traumatic event before ED arrival;
You may not be if
Physical injury that requires hospitalization, interferes with a patient's ability to cooperate with screening or give informed consent, or otherwise contraindicates participation;
Traumatic event reflecting ongoing victimization (e.g., domestic violence) to which the patient is likely to be re-exposed during the study period;
Head injury with loss of consciousness or amnesia;
Medical condition that contraindicates the administration of diazepam :
* hepatic insufficiency, severe
* hypersensitivity to diazepam
* myasthenia gravis
* narrow-angle glaucoma, acute
* respiratory insufficiency, severe
* sleep apnea syndrome
Current use of medication that may involve potentially dangerous interactions with diazepam, including opioids, barbitals and another benzodiazepines; when used in combination, these drugs have additive CNS and respiratory depressant effects
Women who are currently pregnant or nursing.
Those at immediate risk of harming self or others; those who have a clinically significant medical illness or other significant psychiatric illness;
Overt psychopathology, substance abuse/dependence, intoxication, odor of alcohol, or discernible substance effect;
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