Ask the Experts: How best to treat post-traumatic stress disorder

Dr Mark B Hamner is Professor of Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina. He also serves as Medical Director and Director of Psychopharmacology Research in the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Clinical Team at the Ralph H Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Charleston, SC, USA. Dr Hamner completed his training in Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He has published extensively on the biology and psychopharmacology of PTSD. His current research interests include the pharmacological treatment of PTSD, combined psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy for PTSD, and the treatment of other psychiatric disorders including bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.