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AMA and MLA Comparison AMA Format POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD) is among the most common and disabling psychiatric disorders among military personnel serving in combat theaters.1 Antidepressants are the predominant pharmacotherapy for PTSD.2 Two serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs), sertraline and paroxetine, have Food and Drug Administration approval for the treatment of PTSD based on multicenter trials. Within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), 89% of veterans diagnosed with PTSD and treated with pharmacotherapy are prescribed SRIs.3 However, SRIs appear to be less effective in men than in women and less effective in chronic PTSD than in acute PTSD.4 Thus, it may not be surprising that an SRI study in veterans produced negative results. REFERENCES 1. Kulka RA, Schlenger WE, Fairbank J. Trauma and the Vietnam War Generation. New York: NY: Bruner-Mazel; 1990. 2. Hoge CW. Combat duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, mental health problems, and barriers to care. N Engl J Med. 2004;351(1): 13-22. 3. Thomas JL, Wilk JE, Riviere LA, McGurk D, Casatro CA, Hoge CW. Prevalence of mental health problems and functional impairment among active component and National Guard soldiers 3 and 12 months following combat in Iraq. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2010;67(6):614-623. 4. Brady K, Pearlstein T, Asnis GM, et al. Efficacy and safety of sertraline treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder. JAMA. 2000;283(14):1837-1844. MLA Format POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD) is among the most common and disabling psychiatric disorders among military personnel serving in combat theaters (Kulka, Schlenger, and Fairbank 25). Antidepressants are the predominant pharmacotherapy for PTSD (Hoge 20). Two serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs), sertraline and paroxetine, have Food and Drug Administration approval for the treatment of PTSD based on multicenter trials. Within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), 89% of veterans diagnosed with PTSD and treated with pharmacotherapy are prescribed SRIs. However, SRIs appear to be less effective in men than in women and less effective in chronic PTSD than in acute PTSD. Thus, it may not be surprising that an SRI study in veterans produced negative results. Hoge, Charles W. "Combat duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, mental health problems, and barriers to care." New England Journal of Medicine 351.1 (2004): 13-22. Print. Kulka, Richard A., William E. Schlenger, and John A. Fairbank Trauma and the Vietnam War Generation. New York: NY: Bruner-Mazel, 1990. With APA and MLA style, the "Works Cited" list, or references, are listed
alphabetically and features the use of double-spacing with hanging indentations.
AMA style IS different. AMA does NOT double-space or use hanging
indentations. Some of the punctuation and spacing is different. The reference list is
presented numerically and NOT alphabetically by author's last name or the first
word in the title. The superscripted number within the text of the article
corresponds to the number in the "References."

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