News tagged with traumatic events
Related topics: post traumatic stress disorder
Tetris flashback reduction effect 'not common to all games'
The computer game Tetris may have a special ability to reduce flashbacks after viewing traumatic images not shared by other types of computer game, Oxford University scientists have discovered in a series ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 10, 2010 |
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Differences in recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse
When a child experiences a traumatic event, such as sexual abuse, it may not be until well into adulthood that they remember the incident. It is not known how adults are able to retrieve long-forgotten memories of abuse and ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 02, 2009 |
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No Direct Link Between Panic Attacks, PTSD
New Geisinger-lead research dispels a recent notion in psychiatry that if a person experiences a panic attack during a traumatic event that they will likely suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the future.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Method to erase traumatic memories may be on the horizon
Soldiers haunted by scenes of war and victims scarred by violence may wish they could wipe the memories from their minds. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University say that may someday be possible.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 23, 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.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 08, 2010 |
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Researcher investigates the 'subjective time trajectory' in psychological health
In life, we're told, we must take the good with the bad, and how we view these life events determines our well-being and ability to adjust. But according to Prof. Dov Shmotkin of Tel Aviv University's Department of Psychology, ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 11, 2010 |
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'Tetris' may help reduce flashbacks to traumatic events
(PhysOrg.com) -- Playing ‘Tetris’ after traumatic events could reduce the flashbacks experienced in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), preliminary research by Oxford University psychologists suggests.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 07, 2009 |
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After traumatic event, early intervention reduces odds of PTSD in children by 73 percent
After experiencing a potentially traumatic event - a car accident, a physical or sexual assault, a sports injury, witnessing violence - as many as 1 in 5 children will develop Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 29, 2010 |
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Drug prevents post-traumatic stress syndrome
when a severely stressful event triggers exaggerated and chronic fear – affects nearly 8 million people in the United States and is hard to treat. In a preclinical study, Northwestern Medicine scientists have for the ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 06, 2010 |
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Post-traumatic stress disorder: Psychological treatments may not prevent PTSD
Psychological interventions intended to prevent the development of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the early stages after a traumatic experience have not been shown to be effective, Cochrane Researchers have concluded. ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 08, 2009 |
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War, genocide 'difficult knowledge' to teach younger students
Whether they're found in a museum or a textbook, historical narratives about traumatic events such as war and genocide are better left to older students, who have typically developed a more refined historical ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 08, 2009 |
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No evidence to support psychological debriefing in schools
There is no evidence to support psychological debriefing in schools after traumatic events such as violence, suicides and accidental death, which runs counter to current practice in some Canadian school jurisdictions, according ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 05, 2010 |
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Researchers document human toll of violence in Central African Republic
Using a combination of scientific methodology and old-fashioned legwork, human rights researchers based at the University of California, Berkeley, have systematically canvassed nearly 2,000 households in the ...
Aug 03, 2010 |
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Casualties of war: Wounded veterans more likely to die of coronary heart disease
War-time stress may lead to an increased risk death by coronary heart disease in later life. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Health Services Research surveyed a cohort of 55 year old Finnis ...
Jan 27, 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.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 07, 2010 |
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