(Medical Xpress)—A combined research project by two universities has shown that an innovative treatment that involves rapid eye movements is reducing the symptoms of post-traumatic stress in trauma patients.
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Our parents and grandparents form part of who we are. They reared us and served as our role models, and they also passed on their genes. That's why we are similar to them, and why we share a genetic predisposition to develop ...
Mar 14, 2023
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Child abuse is a reliable predictor of post-traumatic stress disorder, but not all maltreated children suffer from it, according to Chad Shenk, assistant professor of human development and family studies, Penn State, who ...
Mar 5, 2014
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In soldiers who survive traumatic brain injury from blast exposure, pituitary dysfunction after their blast injury may be an important, under-recognized, and potentially treatable source of their symptoms, a new study finds. ...
Jun 23, 2014
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Scientists have discovered a new neural pathway involved in how the brain encodes the transition to high-intensity fear response behaviors that are necessary for survival, according to a recent study published in Nature.
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A team of researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine has identified a promising therapeutic target in the brain that could lead to the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This is the first evidence of a ...
Sep 5, 2011
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Failing to address the psychological trauma experienced by many older people living with HIV/AIDS will make it difficult—if not impossible—to end the epidemic, according to a Rutgers University study.
Feb 7, 2023
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PCE in drinking water linked to an increased risk of mental illness
Jan 20, 2012
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(Medical Xpress) -- More than 10 years after 9/11, when thousands of rescue and recovery workers descended on the area surrounding the World Trade Center in the wake of the terrorist attacks, a research team led by Benjamin ...
Dec 23, 2011
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Scientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute have discovered that observing fear in others may change how information flows in the brain.
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