PTSD News
May 14, 2024
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Apr. 18, 2024 In posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), intrusive thoughts, changes in mood, and other symptoms after exposure to trauma can greatly impact a person's quality of life. About 6 percent of people who experience trauma develop the disorder, but ...
Apr. 11, 2024 By analyzing the narratives of women who experienced traumatic childbirth and women with non-complicated childbirth, researchers created an AI model that can accurately identify those at risk of childbirth-related ...
Mar. 14, 2024 The stress-induced mechanisms that cause our brain to produce feelings of fear in the absence of threats -- such as in PTSD -- have been mostly a mystery. Now, neurobiologists have identified the changes in brain biochemistry and mapped the neural ...
Mar. 7, 2024 People who have headaches after experiencing concussions may also be more likely to have higher levels of iron in areas of the brain, which is a sign of injury to brain cells, according to a preliminary study released today, March 5, 2024, that will ...
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May 9, 2024 A new study shows that a mild stress is enough to trigger post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in mouse models of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Researchers demonstrated that the two disorders ...
Mar. 6, 2024 Combining two treatments could be a promising option for people, especially military veterans, whose lives are negatively affected by post-traumatic ...
Feb. 7, 2024 A new study finds there are simple activities that can help people improve their mood and emotional well-being on a day-to-day basis after the traumatic loss of a loved ...
Jan. 25, 2024 Researchers discovered a new function for a common protein in the brain -- a development that sheds new light on the mysteries of the mind and holds promising implications for the treatment of memory ...
Jan. 18, 2024 A new study suggests the moments that follow a distressing episode are more memorable than the moments leading up to it. The results add to our ...
Jan. 10, 2024 Research reveals that adults with PTSD have a 2% smaller cerebellum than people without the disorder. The finding expands understanding of the cerebellum's role in the brain beyond balance and ...
Jan. 4, 2024 Researchers have found set of neurons that mediate panic-like symptoms in mice, which showcase a novel brain pathway that could be a target for new panic disorder ...
Dec. 13, 2023 In research conducted on mice a team discovered brain mechanisms that go awry as a result of exposure to trauma in infancy and showed that these changes may be reversible if treated early. ...
Nov. 30, 2023 It is well known that people who have lived through traumatic events like sexual assault, domestic abuse, or violent combat can experience symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), including ...
Nov. 30, 2023 Researchers have discovered a new way ribonucleic acid (RNA) impacts fear-related learning and memory. Researchers demonstrated that a noncoding RNA known as Gas5 coordinates the trafficking and ...
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Apr. 11, 2024 Researchers conducted a survey to understand how the mental health of displaced Ukrainians has been affected by the ongoing war. Their findings describe high levels of post-traumatic stress disorder ...
Jan. 12, 2024 Psychotherapy is an effective treatment for adults with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following exposure to multiple traumatic events. This is shown by a meta-study by an international ...
Nov. 29, 2023 A novel pilot study incorporating mindfulness into exposure therapy shows promise for reducing symptoms of post-traumatic stress in cardiac arrest survivors. One in three survivors of cardiac ...
Nov. 20, 2023 Psychologists used music to manipulate emotions of volunteers and found the dynamics of their emotions molded otherwise neutral experiences into memorable events. The tug of war between integrating ...
Nov. 13, 2023 A surprising thing happened when researchers began exploring whether early-life stress compounds the effects of a childhood head injury on health and behavior later in life: In an animal study, ...
Nov. 7, 2023 Researchers show why only a subset of individuals exposed to trauma develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The research, centered on the body's stress hormone response, could pave the way ...
Oct. 25, 2023 People who have experienced traumatic events in childhood such as abuse, neglect or household dysfunction may be more likely to experience headache disorders as adults, according to a meta-analysis. ...
Oct. 5, 2023 One treatment each of two psychedelic drugs lowered depression and anxiety and improved cognitive functioning in a sample of U.S. special operations forces veterans who sought care at a clinic in ...
Sep. 21, 2023 After a traumatic experience, most people recover without incident, but some people -- between 2% and 10% -- develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a mental health condition that can cause ...
Sep. 20, 2023 The commonly-held belief that attempting to suppress negative thoughts is bad for our mental health could be wrong, a new study suggests. Researchers trained 120 volunteers worldwide to suppress ...
Sep. 13, 2023 A research study has found that cerebellar inhibitory interneurons are essential for fear memory, a type of emotional memory formation. Inhibitory interneurons within the cerebellar circuitry act as ...
Sep. 12, 2023 When you're under stress, your brain may release its own cannabinoid molecules to calm you, activating the same brain receptors as THC derived from cannabis plants. But the brain activity ...
Sep. 6, 2023 A study of twins shows that having a concussion early in life is tied to having lower scores on tests of thinking and memory skills decades later as well as having more rapid decline in those scores ...
July 31, 2023 Scientists analyzed data from more than 150,000 adults across 29 countries between 2001 and 2022 with results demonstrating the high prevalence of mental health disorders, with 50 per cent of the ...
July 11, 2023 Scientists find that the 'feel good' brain chemical dopamine regulates anxious worm behavior in the presence of nipping predators. The findings illuminate how this dopamine-regulated brain ...
July 5, 2023 A new study suggests that depression after traumatic brain injury (TBI) could be a clinically distinct disorder rather than traditional major depressive disorder, with implications for patient ...
June 21, 2023 A study has shown that prazosin, a drug used to treat high blood pressure, can prevent post-traumatic ...
May 3, 2023 A new study shows that sleep spindles, brief bursts of brain activity occurring during one phase of sleep and captured by EEG, may regulate anxiety in people with post-traumatic stress disorder ...
Apr. 4, 2023 In a new study, researchers found that after traumatic brain injury, the brain's immune system cells' internal recycling function slowed dramatically, allowing waste products to build up ...
Lending a Paw for Defense Veterans: 'Clear Evidence' That Assistance Dogs Help Improve Mental Health
Mar. 1, 2023 A new study focused on defense veterans' mental health has found strong evidence that assistance dogs used in conjunction with traditional therapies provide the most effective treatment ...
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- Lending a Paw for Defense Veterans: 'Clear Evidence' That Assistance Dogs Help Improve Mental Health
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- New Research Shows Dynamics of Memory-Encoding Synapses in the Brains of Live Mice
- Predisposition to Accidental Awareness Under Anesthesia Identified by Neuroscientists
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- Treatment for Combat-Related PTSD Advances With Method Shown to Be Fast, Effective
- Blood Pressure Drug Holds Promise for Treating PTSD
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- In Some U.S. Zip Codes, Young Men Face More Risk of Firearm Death Than Those Deployed in Recent Wars, Study Finds
- Head Trauma, PTSD May Increase Genetic Variant's Impact on Alzheimer's Risk
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- Immune System Irregularities Found in Women With Postpartum Mood Disorders
- Fearlessness Can Be Learned
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- ECMO Survivors Have Higher Rate of New Mental Health Diagnoses Than Other ICU Survivors, Study Finds
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- How Fear Memories Get Stuck in Some Brains
- Five Years After Water Crisis, 1 in 5 Flint, Michigan Residents Has PTSD
- Molecular Changes in the Brain in the Aftermath of a Traumatic Event May Help Explain Long-Term Susceptibility or Resilience
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- Nervous System Workings Related to PTSD, Other Mental Health Disorders
- Most British COVID-19 Mourners Suffer PTSD Symptoms, Survey Finds
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- Study: Economic Burden of PTSD 'staggering'
- Study Reviews COVID-Related Hospital Visitation Limits and Family Stress
- Scientists Discover Mechanism Behind Chemically Induced Suppression of Fearful Memories
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- Your Mental Health May Impact Your Chances of Breakthrough COVID
- Unlocking the Molecular Mechanism of PTSD Treatment
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- Optimism May Promote Emotional Well-Being by Limiting How Often One Experiences Stressful Situations