News tagged with post traumatic stress


Air Force unveils brain injury clinic in Alaska

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Behind Dan DeRosa's smiling face lurks a dull headache that never goes away. He suffers from memory lapses and hears a shrill ringing in his ears akin to the lingering squeal of a heavy metal concert.


Researchers discover ways of integrating treatment of traumatized Tibetan refugee monks

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created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights (BCRHHR) at Boston Medical Center recently treated many of the large number of Tibetan refugee monks who fled violent religious persecution. These individuals arrived ...


Ecstasy could help patients with post-traumatic stress disorder

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Ecstasy may help suffers of post-traumatic stress learn to deal with their memories more effectively by encouraging a feeling of safety, according to an article in the Journal of Psychopharmacology published today by SAG ...


Coming undone: How stress unravels the brain's structure

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

The helpless behavior that is commonly linked to depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is preceded by stress-related losses of synapses—microscopic connections between brain cells—in the brain's hippocampal ...


Diagnosis of 'war-zone disorder' to help stroke victims

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The recovery of some stroke victims, those who suffer brain haemorrhage, could be vastly improved if they were tested and treated for post-traumatic stress disorder, a distressing psychological condition more ...


Mathematical model could help diagnose and treat stress disorders

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Over 20 million people in North America suffer chronic stress-related diseases. But two University of Alberta researchers may be on the fast track to treating these illnesses.


Blast overpressure is generated from the firing of weapons and may cause brain injury

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...


Metabolic syndrome a risk for veterans with PTSD

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


Childhood trauma associated with chronic fatigue syndrome

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

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 ...



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