Study finds some veterans experience distress related to past trauma exposure as they near end of life
Exposure to a traumatic event may haunt you decades after the initial exposure.
Oct 13, 2021
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Exposure to a traumatic event may haunt you decades after the initial exposure.
Oct 13, 2021
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Researchers have discovered that a particular protein can be used as a brain marker to indicate whether emotional memories can be changed or forgotten. This is a study in animals, but the researchers hope that the findings ...
Oct 4, 2021
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"A lot of our vets are extremely upset about the headlines in the news about Afghanistan," says Dr. Kagan, who is also a staff psychiatrist with the Veterans Administration Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and medical ...
Aug 26, 2021
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What information is retained in a memory over time, and which parts get lost? These questions have led to many scientific theories over the years, and now a team of researchers at the Universities of Glasgow and Birmingham ...
May 26, 2021
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Dictionary.com recently added hundreds of new words to its catalog, many of them capturing the zeitgeist of 2020, the year COVID-19 overtook the United States. One of those new words is "doomscrolling": the act of consuming ...
Apr 15, 2021
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When the first U.S. case of COVID-19 due to community spread was diagnosed in late February 2020, it set off a rapid series of events. As cases surged, many states issued stay-at-home orders, and schools and childcare centers ...
Feb 24, 2021
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"Let it go." "Think about something else." "Clear your head."
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In addition to its staggering impact on physical well-being and mortality, COVID-19 is also taking an unprecedented toll on our mental health. Numerous recent studies have shown global increases in the prevalence and severity ...
Oct 29, 2020
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Mental health problems such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, anxiety and depression are common among healthcare staff during and immediately after pandemics—according to new research from the University of East Anglia.
Oct 16, 2020
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It's neither uncommon nor especially worrisome for people to lose themselves in a great book or a daydream. But it's disconcerting when feeling transported becomes so intense as to seem that one is literally separated from ...
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