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Friday, October, 23, 2009

Post Traumatic Stress Treatments

Virtual reality therapy may ease PTSD

October 03, 2008
Scientists working with Iraq war veterans say that a combination of a new virtual reality therapy and medications may help ease post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The virtual reality treatment uses a helmet and headphones to expose PTSD patients to reenactments of sights, sounds, smells, and movements from their traumatic experiences. In the study, 24 patients who suffered from a PTSD symptom that caused them to startle at loud noises showed a 75-percent decrease in the symptom after six mon... Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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New Treatment Options for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert

Normal 0 Traditional treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder includes anxiety medications... Read more »

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Dealing with Traumatic Events
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert

...the threat of injury or death. Emotional trauma or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can be... Read more »

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Prolonged Exposure Therapy: A More Effective Treatment for PTSD?
By Lynne Taetzsch , Health Expert

...diffuse it.  Typically, veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are given... Read more »

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Recovery From Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
By Jerilyn Ross, M.A., L.I.C.S.W. , Health Expert

...psychiatric hospital. That’s where she was diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder,... Read more »

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Dismissing Anger, Dismissing Myself
By Kimberly Tyler , Health Expert

  Anger can be a difficult and powerful emotion.  I am not entirely comfortable with anger and... Read more »

Health Guide

Anxiety Disorders: Other Treatments
...stressfulThis treatment is especially effective for simple phobias, social phobias, agoraphobia, and post-traumatic stress syndrome.Exposure and Response Treatment. Exposure treatment purposefully... Read more »
Depression diagnosis, screening tests
...categorized as a separate psychologic diagnosis, termed complicated grief disorder, which would be related to post-traumatic stress syndrome and require special treatment.Loneliness.Like grief,... Read more »
Foot Pain: Forefoot Pain
Forefoot PainThe incidence of forefoot pain and deformity increases with age. With early diagnosis, conservative therapy is often successful in treating common disorders of the forefoot. When a cause... Read more »
Sleep Apnea: Prognosis
...patients had symptoms of depression. Sleep-related breathing disorders can also worsen nightmares and post-traumatic stress disorder. In one study, treatment of sleep apnea eased these complaints.... Read more »
Urinary Incontinence Surgery
...study suggested that a Burch colposuspension performed at the same time as sacrolpopexy can help reduce postsurgical stress incontinence.The surgeon secures the urethra and bladder neck with... Read more »

Related News

Soldiers Turn to Alcohol After Combat
August 18, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Military personnel returning from the Iraq War are struggling with more than post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). According... Read summary »

Clinical trial: Telephone care for veterans with PTSD
October 03, 2008

This is a study to test whether providing veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder with telephone support after discharge from... Read summary »

Trauma Associated with Chronic Fatigue
January 08, 2009

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Chronic fatigue syndrome affects as many as 2.5 percent of adults in the United States. Little is known about the cause, but... Read summary »

Asthma Linked to PTSD
May 16, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- There may be a link between asthma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A new study from Columbia University looked at... Read summary »

PTSD and Metabolic Syndrome in Veterans
January 22, 2009

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are more likely to have Metabolic Syndrome than veterans without PTSD.... Read summary »