For military veterans, many of the deepest wounds of war are invisible: Traumatic brain injuries resulting from head trauma or blast explosions are a leading cause of post-traumatic stress disorder, ...
How trauma changes the brain PTSD shares symptoms with depression and anxiety. Yet it is characterized by a response to a single trauma or set of traumatic events. Such experiences spark fear and ...
A new study on the brain and trauma comes with a catchy title, one based on a bestseller about the same topic.
Jason Padgett was a normal futon salesman. But following a traumatic brain injury, he suddenly acquired the brain power of a ...
The timing of trauma determines adult behavioral outcomes like aggression or social anxiety by impacting specific ...
New research among World Trade Center (WTC) responders with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has uncovered measurable physical changes in their brain structure, consistent with changes in ...
A car crash changes your family’s life in a single heartbeat. One minute you are driving home, and the next you are sitting ...
Retired Army General Peter Chiarelli has endorsed the idea that post-traumatic stress disorder should be renamed post-traumatic stress injury to emphasize its putative organic basis. This proposal has ...
Single-cell analyses revealed molecular profiles that can distinguish PTSD from depression, potentially leading to better drugs for this psychiatric disorder. To test this hypothesis, Girgenti and his ...
Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms can overlap with those of other mental health conditions and physical illnesses, like generalized anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, and ...
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — Gary Woodland revealed he has been battling post-traumatic stress disorder since undergoing brain surgery in 2023 and said he "can't waste energy" any longer attempting to hide his ...
The diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has undergone much more than a minor tweaking or superficial facelift in the American Psychiatric Association's DSM-5. This guidebook to ...