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Comorbidity-a troublesome factor in PTSD treatment

Posttraumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) is a disorder which emerges after submission to one or more psychotraumatic events, which equally include neurobiological deregulation and psychological dysfunction. Comorbidity is present in more than 80% of the diagnosed cases of PTSD, which makes treatment of the primary disorder very difficult. It has been identified that PTSD can be found in comorbidity with other psychiatric disorders as well as with physical illnesses. This study presented a man in the age of 42, who has been psychiatrically treated for the past 12 years, with a diagnose of chronic PTSD and a subsequently developed depression. The patient has been treated for psoriasis for the past seven years, and two years ago, had to undergo a surgery due to bladder carcinoma, following a radiotherapy course. Multiple comorbidity significantly makes the treatment of the primary illness very difficult and it limits the choice of pharmacotherapy in ambulatory conditions.

PTSD; comorbidity; depression; psoriasis; bladder carcinoma

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