Primary care clinicians effectively treat PTSD symptoms with SSRI, which outperform written exposure therapy in reducing ...

Behind bars I watched men beg for help and get turned away because they lacked a formal diagnosis before incarceration.

Identifying bullying may seem like the job of schools, but therapists can help by learning to make it a compulsory assessment category and save a child from neuroses to psychoses.

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For instance, formal PTSD diagnoses in autistic individuals as part of a clinical assessment are reported at rates similar to non-autistic populations (1.11% for autistic children or young people vs.

Around 70% of women who suffer a sexual assault develop PTSD; now scientists have shown that many of these women show a marked reduction in the usual communication between two important brain areas ...

Elizabeth Lucas A UAB assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology has received a $3.5 million grant to study how hormones influence the female brain’s response to ...

Rhea Chakraborty has gone through a lot in the last five years, impacting not just her personal and professional life but also her mental health. While she could have easily broken down due to it all, ...

SANFORD, Fla. — The Orlando Veterans Affairs Healthcare System reports 90% of Central Florida post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) vets prefer virtual care compared in person treatment. A common ...

In the 2005 movie The Jacket, a troubled Gulf War vet named Jack Starks gets framed for a murder he didn’t commit. He’s sent to a psychiatric institution in lieu of prison due to his Post-Traumatic ...

A single traumatic event may last no more than just a few minutes, but its effects can linger for years to come. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can involve a range of deeply distressing ...