Lithium Augmentation for Hyperarousal Symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Pilot Study

Exclusion Criteria

• •Subjects with substance dependence disorder less than two months prior to study enrollment; history of bipolar, psychotic and/or cognitive disorders; history of moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury; seizure disorder; sensitivity to lithium or contraindications to lithium treatment; will not be included in this study.
• •Subjects currently enrolled in other intervention studies that may affect the outcome of this study, or where this study may affect the outcome of the other study, will not be included until the subject has completed their participation in the other study.
• •Women, who are pregnant, suspect that they are pregnant, or planning to become pregnant will not be enrolled into the study.
• •Subjects declared incompetent by the Veterans Health Administraytion or other legal authority will not be included for participation in this study. Additionally, research team members involved in the consenting process of the study will not enroll subjects whom appear incompetent to consent. Recruited subjects unable to comprehend the nature of the study, their involvement \& possible risks, described to them during the consent/enrollment process, will not be allowed to participate in the study for the respect of the volunteering subject, their safety, \& to ensure that volunteering subjects do not experience any coercion to participate in this study.