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Study Challenges Assumptions on Wartime Sexual Violence
October 10, 2012 A new study finds that there is no compelling evidence to support a host of widely held beliefs regarding wartime sexual ... > full story -
Trauma Switch Identified: Mechanism Protects Our Brains from Turning Stress and Trauma Into Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
October 5, 2012 Researchers have for the first time identified the mechanism that protects us from developing uncontrollable ... > full story -
One-Fifth of Spine Surgery Patients Develop PTSD Symptoms
September 28, 2012 Nearly 20 percent of people who underwent low back fusion surgery developed post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms associated with that surgery, according to a recent ... > full story -
Education, Psychological Support Key for Defibrillator Patients
September 24, 2012 Because depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder are common among people with implanted cardioverter defibrillators, doctors and nurses should provide gender- and age-specific ... > full story -
Marines' PTSD Symptoms Reduced Via Integrative Medicine, Study Shows
September 24, 2012 For combat-exposed active duty Marines, healing touch combined with guided imagery provides significant clinical reductions in post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, according to a new study. The ... > full story -
Mental Stress: Unique Solutions for Unique Populations
September 21, 2012 A mother in jail co-residing with her infant in a prison nursery; a war veteran still picturing the violent trauma. These scenarios are real life and dealt with each day by incarcerated mothers and ... > full story -
Advancing the Treatment of Trauma
September 21, 2012 With traumatic injuries claiming almost six million lives a year, improvements in care, including in the challenging areas of brain and bone injuries, and haemorrhage, are urgently ... > full story -
Disability Caused by Traumatic Brain Injury in Children May Persist and Stop Improving After Two Years
September 18, 2012 A child who suffers a moderate or severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) may still have substantial functional disabilities and reduced quality of life 2 years after the injury. After those first 2 ... > full story -
Substance-Use Disorders Linked to Increased Risk of Death for Veterans With PTSD
September 18, 2012 Association between drug, alcohol problems and mortality most prominent in younger veterans with PTSD, including those from Iraq, ... > full story -
Stress Hormones: Good or Bad for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Risk?
September 12, 2012 Using an animal model of PTSD, researchers demonstrate that elevated levels of glucocorticoids at the time of acute stress confers protection against anxiety-like behavior and the delayed enhancing ... > full story
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