News tagged with traumatic experiences
Related topics: post traumatic stress disorder
Experiences of migrant children: At home abroad
Schools, local councils and professionals need better guidance and training to work with migrant families from Eastern Europe and their children, according to new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 09, 2012 |
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Combat makes for gun-shy investors, study says
Veterans who have faced combat are more risk-averse when it comes to investing than noncombatants, according to a new Cornell study. As a result, they may struggle to build wealth through long-term investments, ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Apr 10, 2012 |
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The short goodbye: Weaning foals
It is widely believed that being born is about the most stressful thing that can happen to anybody. But being weaned cannot be too far behind it in the list of traumatic experiences. Most humans come to terms with it eventually ...
Oct 06, 2011 |
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Engineers find leaky pipes with Artificial Intelligence
University of Exeter engineers have pioneered new methods for detecting leaky pipes and identifying flood risks with technologies normally used for computer game graphics and Artificial Intelligence.
Sep 06, 2011 |
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Soldiers who avoid distressing images more at risk for PTSD
(PhysOrg.com) -- When presented with images of faces depicting various emotional states, people who look briefly at fearful expressions are more vulnerable to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) than those who look at the ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 05, 2011 |
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Innovative virtual reality exposure therapy shows promise for returning troops
An article published in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Traumatic Stress is one of the first to provide evidence of the effectiveness of exposure therapy with active duty military service members suffering from posttraumatic ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 16, 2011 |
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Virtual combat game helps treat stress disorder
US doctors are treating soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by plunging them back into combat, using a virtual reality game that simulates battle scenes from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 26, 2011 |
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Infant's longterm health greatly affected by resolving mom's grief
Having a baby prematurely can be traumatic experience for parents and is typically characterized by feelings of loss and grief that can persist for months after a baby is discharged from the hospital.
Jan 20, 2011 |
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How children cope with the aftermath of a hurricane
Living through a natural disaster is a traumatic experience for everyone, but especially for children. A new study by University of Miami Psychologist Annette La Greca and her collaborators, indicate that some children who ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 12, 2011 |
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Drug reduces the increase in fear caused by previous traumatic experiences in mice
Living a traumatic experience favours the persistence of fear associated with an aversive stimulus, known as fear conditioning and such effect, in mice, can be suppressed with a single dosis of 7,8-Dihydroxyflavone, a type ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 12, 2011 |
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Researchers suggest diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder are lacking
Current diagnostic procedures for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) fail to adequately reflect research into the broad nature of a traumatic event, according to a study that will appear in the January print issue of Psychological Bu ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 16, 2010 |
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Magnetic test reveals hyperactive brain network responsible for involuntary flashbacks
US scientists have found a correlation between increased circuit activity in the right side of the brain and the suffering of involuntary flashbacks by post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) sufferers.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 28, 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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Psychological pain of Holocaust still haunts survivors
Holocaust survivors show remarkable resilience in their day-to-day lives, but they still manifest the pain of their traumatic past in the form of various psychiatric symptoms, according to an analysis of 44 years of global ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 20, 2010 |
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Psychologist: Stress management with Chilean miners is a tricky, but not impossible
(PhysOrg.com) -- A psychologist and stress expert at the University at Buffalo says research on traumatic experiences pinpoints specific sources of stress that the trapped Chilean miners and their rescuers will need to manage ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 02, 2010 |
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