How trauma changes the brain PTSD shares symptoms with depression and anxiety. Yet it is characterized by a response to a single trauma or set of traumatic events. Such experiences spark fear and ...

Post-traumatic stress disorder is usually framed as a psychological wound, but a growing body of evidence suggests it can also speed up how quickly the brain itself appears to age. Instead of simply ...

Experiencing a traumatic event sometimes produces long-lasting biological changes that can lead to an exaggerated fear response to future stressful events, such as what occurs in individuals with post ...

The FDA granted de novo approval for a neuromodulation device to treat symptoms associated with post-traumatic stress ...

The Food and Drug Administration granted de novo approval to Modius Spero, marking it the world’s first neuromodulation device authorized to ...

New research among World Trade Center (WTC) responders with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has uncovered measurable physical changes in their brain structure, consistent with changes in ...

Single-cell analyses revealed molecular profiles that can distinguish PTSD from depression, potentially leading to better drugs for this psychiatric disorder. To test this hypothesis, Girgenti and his ...

The diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has undergone much more than a minor tweaking or superficial facelift in the American Psychiatric Association's DSM-5. This guidebook to ...

Veterans trek across the Dallas-Forth Worth area to spread awareness for veterans struggling with PTSD. (Semper Fi & ...

Retired Army General Peter Chiarelli has endorsed the idea that post-traumatic stress disorder should be renamed post-traumatic stress injury to emphasize its putative organic basis. This proposal has ...

Gary Woodland exhaled and looked up to the sky when his final putt dropped at Memorial Park Golf Course on Sunday afternoon. After hugging his caddie briefly while trying to contain his emotions, the ...