News tagged with post traumatic stress syndrome
Blast overpressure is generated from the firing of weapons and may cause brain injury
Jan 28, 2009 |
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The brain may be injured by the noise, which is produced when, for example, an anti-tank weapon (Bazooka, Karl Gustav) or a howitzer (Haubits) is fired. Scientists at the Sahlgrenska Academy demonstrated mild injury to brain ...
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Childhood trauma associated with chronic fatigue syndrome
Jan 05, 2009 |
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Individuals who experience trauma during childhood appear more likely to develop chronic fatigue syndrome as adults, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. In ...
Metabolic syndrome a risk for veterans with PTSD
Jan 08, 2009 |
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Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are more likely to have metabolic syndrome than veterans without PTSD, according to a study led by Pia Heppner, Ph.D., psychologist with the University of California, San ...
Post-traumatic stress disorder: Psychological treatments may not prevent PTSD
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 08, 2009 |
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Psychological interventions intended to prevent the development of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the early stages after a traumatic experience have not been shown to be effective, Cochrane Researchers have concluded. ...
PTSD endures over time in family members of ICU patients
Sep 22, 2008 |
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Family members may experience post-traumatic stress as many as six months after a loved one's stay in the intensive care unit (ICU), according to a study by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and ...
Use of cannabinoids could help post-traumatic stress disorder patients
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Use of cannabinoids (marijuana) could assist in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder patients. This is exposed in a recent study carried out at the Learning and Memory Lab in the University of Haifa's Department ...
Post-traumatic stress disorder primary suicide risk factor for veterans
Aug 25, 2009 |
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August 25, 2009—Researchers working with Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans have found that post-traumatic stress disorder, the current most common mental disorder among veterans returning from service in the Middle East, ...
Researchers Unable to Agree on Predictors of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders
Jun 30, 2008 |
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Studies exploring potential predictors of post-traumatic stress disorder (PSTD) following major trauma have resulted in varied conclusions. While a number of risk factors such as injury severity, demographic factors and compensation-related ...
Witnessing violence affects kids' health
Apr 21, 2009 |
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School-aged children who witness violence in urban communities show symptoms of post-traumatic stress. They also suffer physiological effects with a disruption to their normal cortisol production pattern during the day, which ...
No Direct Link Between Panic Attacks, PTSD
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 09, 2009 |
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New Geisinger-lead research dispels a recent notion in psychiatry that if a person experiences a panic attack during a traumatic event that they will likely suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the future.
Exposure therapy may help prevent post-traumatic stress disorder
Jun 03, 2008 |
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Exposure-based therapy, in which recent trauma survivors are instructed to relive the troubling event, may be effective in preventing the progression from acute stress disorder to post-traumatic stress disorder, according ...
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