Imagine driving along I-20 west headed to Tuscaloosa for an Alabama football game. Suddenly, a car slams on the brakes in front of you and you can’t avoid it. You crash into it. Both you and the other ...
An estimated one in 11 U.S. adults will experience post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, in their lifetimes. PTSD occurs when people have intense and disturbing thoughts and feelings related to a ...
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) isn’t caused by just one faulty switch in the brain; it’s more like a tangled orchestra of genes and cells thrown off-key by trauma. With many genetic players ...
Currently, the first-choice treatment for PTSD is exposure-based psychotherapy, where therapists help rewire the emotions associated with the traumatic memory in the patient's brain, shifting from ...
Trauma resulting from combat, car accidents, natural disasters, domestic violence, sexual assault or child abuse can leave a deep imprint on both the brain and body. The effects of these experiences ...
Researchers say that 'the brain does not treat traumatic memories as regular memories, or perhaps even as memories at all.' By Laura Baisas Published Nov 30, 2023 4:00 PM EST Get the Popular Science ...
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AL committee examines PTSD, brain injury risks for first responders
An Alabama study committee is working to strengthen support for first responders living with post-traumatic stress disorder.
LANSING, MICH. -- Neuroscience trauma researcher and rape survivor, Apryl Pooley, brings campus sexual assault and PTSD together in her memoir, "Shadow Brain." The book was released on Feb. 17. Pooley ...
Q: Can PTSD affect seniors? A: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has thankfully lost its stigma and is more readily discussed now than ever before. Once considered only in the context of military ...
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Patients in the study were examined using an fMRI machine such as this one. fMRI is a noninvasive way to measure and map activity in the brain. [Related: PTSD found in 1 in 4 adults in Flint, Michigan ...
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