News tagged with ptsd
Related topics: post traumatic stress disorder
Hippocampus smaller in veterans not recovered from PTSD
(PhysOrg.com) -- The hippocampus, a brain area associated with memory and stress, was about six percent smaller on average in veterans with current chronic PTSD than in veterans who had recovered from PTSD, in a study conducted ...
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Mar 16, 2011 |
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Stress can enhance ordinary, unrelated memories
Stress can enhance ordinary, unrelated memories, a team of neuroscientists has found in a study of laboratory rats. Their results, which appear in the journal PLoS Biology, may bolster our understanding of post-traumatic stress ...
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Dec 21, 2010 |
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Fear discovery could lead to new interventions for PTSD
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Iowa have pinpointed the part of the brain that causes people to experience fear – a discovery that could improve treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder ...
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Dec 16, 2010 |
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Non-invasive technique blocks a conditioned fear in humans
Scientists have for the first time selectively blocked a conditioned fear memory in humans with a behavioral manipulation. Participants remained free of the fear memory for at least a year. The research builds on emerging ...
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Dec 09, 2009 |
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Forget it! A biochemical pathway for blocking your worst fears?
A receptor for glutamate, the most prominent neurotransmitter in the brain, plays a key role in the process of "unlearning," report researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Their findings, published in the ...
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Mar 24, 2009 |
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Hippocampal volume and resilience in posttramatic stress disorder
The hippocampus, a brain region implicated in memory and interpreting environmental contexts, has been the focus of a controversy in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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Mar 22, 2011 |
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Which symptoms of PTSD do the most damage?
In the case of post-traumatic stress disorder, not all symptoms are created equal.
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Mar 01, 2011 |
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US soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder more likely to feel long-term psychological effect
Combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms appear to be associated with longer-term physical (headache, tinnitus), emotional (irritability) and cognitive (diminished concentration or memory) symptoms, according ...
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Jan 03, 2011 |
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Let's not sleep on it: Sleep deprivation eliminates fear generalization
We commonly think of sleep as a healing process that melts away the stresses of the day, preparing us to deal with new challenges. Research has also shown that sleep plays a crucial role in the development of memories.
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Dec 07, 2010 |
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Researchers analyze student grief online after campus shootings
After the campus shootings at Virginia Tech in 2007 and Northern Illinois University in 2008, hundreds of affected students turned to social media websites to share their grief and search for solace. A new ...
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Oct 20, 2010 |
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PTSD interrupts lives long after trauma
Throughout much of her young adult life, Terry Hatcher was living in a disassociated state, disconnected from the world -- zoned out. She tried to commit suicide at age 21.
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Oct 08, 2010 |
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'Path of mental illness' follows path of war, 20 years after conflict ends
Researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health assessed the geographical distribution of the long-term burden of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in a region of Liberia and report that the prevalence ...
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Jul 30, 2010 |
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Study: Specific PTSD symptoms related to anger and aggressiveness among Iraq/Afghanistan veterans
Focusing on certain PTSD symptoms may be key to treating anger among Iraq/Afghanistan Veterans, according to a study by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Veterans Affairs researchers.
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Jun 15, 2010 |
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Bright light therapy improves sleep disturbances in soldiers with combat PTSD
Bright light therapy has significant effects on sleep disturbances associated with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a research abstract that will be presented Monday, June 7, 2010, in San Antonio, ...
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Jun 07, 2010 |
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Survivors of childhood cancers 4 times more likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder
Young adult survivors of childhood cancers are four times more likely to develop Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) than their control group siblings, a Childhood Cancer Survivors Study has found.
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May 03, 2010 |
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