Am J Psychiatry 1988; 145:1289-1291
Copyright © 1988 by American Psychiatric Association
A randomized clinical trial of phenelzine and imipramine for posttraumatic stress disorder
JB Frank, TR Kosten, EL Giller Jr and E Dan
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.
In a double-blind, randomized clinical trial, the efficacy of imipramine
and of phenelzine was compared with that of placebo in 34 male veterans
with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Both medications reduced PTSD
symptoms.