Methods for treating post-traumatic stress disorder in patients via renal neuromodulation

A method comprising:

• prior to a patient experiencing a potential traumatic event, assessing the patient for risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in response to experiencing the potential traumatic event;
• identifying the patient as being at risk for developing PTSD from experiencing the potential traumatic event;
• and
• in response to identifying the patient as being at risk for developing PTSD from experiencing the potential traumatic event, executing a renal denervation procedure comprising:
• intravascularly positioning a catheter carrying a neuromodulation assembly adjacent to a renal sympathetic nerve in the patient;
• delivering energy to the renal sympathetic nerve via the neuromodulation assembly to at least partially ablate the renal sympathetic nerve to attenuate neural traffic along the renal sympathetic nerve;
• and
• removing the catheter and the neuromodulation assembly from the patient after treatment.

A method comprising:

• prior to a patient experiencing a potential traumatic event, assessing the patient for risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in response to experiencing the potential traumatic event;
• identifying the patient as being at risk for developing PTSD from experiencing the potential traumatic event;
• and
• after identifying the patient as being at risk for developing PTSD from experiencing the potential traumatic event, executing a renal denervation procedure comprising delivering neuromodulation therapy to a renal sympathetic nerve of the patient via a catheter, wherein the neuromodulation therapy is configured to provide electrically-induced, thermally-induced, or chemically-induced neuromodulation of the renal sympathetic nerve.