Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is one of the better known but perhaps poorly understand disorders. Many people think PTSD is a potential consequence of war and this is probably because battle veterans were the first to bring it to our attention. Today, our understanding of PTSD has advanced to the point where we acknowledge that any traumatic or tragic event can lead to symptoms of PTSD.
PTSD is easy enough to describe but not so simple to diagnose. The process begins by the person...
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a disorder we hear more and more about these days, possibly due to our soldiers returning from Iraq... Read more »
The days when it was considered unusual or perhaps even a little strange to have a mental health problem have long gone. We've known for... Read more »
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A recent message from a reader of Our Alzheimer's asking about the symptoms of Alzheimer's in someone with Down's syndrome (DS) has... Read more »
The main treatments for people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are psychotherapy (“talk” therapy), medications, or both.... Read more »
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be a debilitating condition, but at this time no biomarker currently exists. A biomarker is a distinctive ... Read more »
An incident at a veterans' hospital near Fort Hood Army base in Texas has stoked concern that the government could try to minimize the problem of... Read more »
We've known for some time now that Migraine disease and major depressive disorder (MDD) tend to be comorbid conditions. That means that we ... Read more »
Someday, doctors might use brain scans to diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to researchers who conducted tests on 42 American... Read more »
According to a new study, people who suffer a panic attack during or immediately after a traumatic event aren't at increased risk of developing... Read more »
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