Treatment for combat-related PTSD advances with method shown to be fast, effective
For the embargoed manuscript, email [email protected] SAN ANTONIO (January 5, 2023) – Study findings out today in JAMA Network Open ...
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Blood pressure drug holds promise for treating PTSD
AUGUSTA, Ga. (Jan. 5, 2023) – There is new evidence that a 50-year-old blood pressure drug could find new purpose ...
Wristwatch device gives therapists opportunity to guide PTSD patients through treatment
Sights, smells and sounds of everyday life can supply the triggers that take someone with PTSD right back to the ...
Head trauma, PTSD may increase genetic variant’s impact on Alzheimer’s risk
The medical community has never researched the simultaneous impact of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), and genetic ...
Fewer patients with PTSD survive COVID
Patients with COVID-19, who also had post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), were more likely to die or be hospitalized than those ...
Can pharmacotherapies prevent alcohol use disorder in people with PTSD?
LA JOLLA, CA—Survivors of abuse and trauma are vastly more likely than other people to develop alcohol use disorder (AUD); ...
Novel device measures nerve activity that may help treatment sepsis and PTSD
A team of engineers and physicians at University of California San Diego has developed a device to non-invasively measure cervical ...
Stem cell study reveals how neurons from PTSD patients react to stress
Stem cell-derived neurons from combat veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) react differently to a stress hormone than those from ...
More parents than patients develop PTSD after cardiovascular defibrillators are implanted in their children
Philadelphia, August 24, 2022 – More than one in eight children (12%) receiving implanted cardiovascular defibrillators (ICDs) for heart rhythm ...
Hepatitis C drugs may reduce PTSD symptoms
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 22, 2022 Contact: Michael Saunders, [email protected] Jillian McKoy, [email protected] ## More than six percent of Americans ...
How service dogs reduce PTSD symptoms: factors and mechanisms
A new analysis dives into the use of service dogs by U.S. veterans who have posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), illuminating ...
Specific brain responses to traumatic stress linked to PTSD risk
CHAPEL HILL, NC – Results from the largest prospective study of its kind indicate that in the initial days and ...
Severity of PTSD symptoms linked to decreased activity in hippocampus
After a traumatic event, people with decreased activity in the hippocampus experience worse PTSD symptoms, according to new research published ...
Cross-disciplinary UC San Diego team explores nervous system workings related to PTSD, other mental health disorders
A first-of-its-kind study published recently in the journal "Brain Stimulation" measures changes in the human brain’s response to a perceived ...
Association of PTSD with accelerated cognitive decline in middle-age women
About The Study: Researchers found in this study of 12,000 middle-age women that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was associated with ...
University of Cincinnati enrolling patients for PTSD clinical trials
About 8% of Americans will experience post-traumatic stress disorder at some point in their lives, but there are still few ...
Remembering too much or not enough: NIH funds WVU research into Alzheimer’s disease, PTSD
Erasing cherished memories isn’t the only way a person’s mind can sabotage happiness. The mind can accomplish the same feat by ...
Study: Economic burden of PTSD `staggering’
A new study finds that the national economic burden of PTSD goes beyond direct health care expenses and exceeds the ...
Service dogs change lives of veterans with PTSD for the better
Veterans can develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after stressful or traumatic events. Utrecht University researcher Emmy van Houtert studied the ...
Unlocking the molecular mechanism of PTSD treatment
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a difficult-to-cure mental health condition that is caused by experiencing a traumatizing event, such as ...