Time after time you hear stories of people with PTSD complaining of sleepness nights. It fits the classic conception of the tortured sufferer, awakened in a sweat from visions of… Read More
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
PTSD linked to right brain activity
PTSD often stems from war, but can also be a result of exposure to any psychologically traumatic event and manifests itself in flashbacks, recurring nightmares, anger, or hyper-vigilance. Using a… Read More
PTSD Treatment Research Begins to Target Memory Reconsolidation
MONTREAL – The field of psychiatry is facing a paradigm shift with new research suggesting that medications and psychotherapy may be able to permanently erase the “trauma” from traumatic memories,… Read More
Tetris Might Be Effective PTSD Treatment
A new study suggests that playing Tetris, and possibly other quick moving visual puzzles, could be used to treat flashbacks that are associated with issues like Post Traumatic Stress Disorder…. Read More
Energy Tapping for PTSD
Traumatic experiences can have life-long emotional and psychological consequences if left untreated. For some people, this trauma can lead to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a condition that produces unwanted physical,… Read More
Top signs of PTSD
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an emotional illness that can develop after experiencing a traumatic event that was either life-threatening, threatened your safety, or otherwise made you feel helpless. Traumatic… Read More
PTSD Treatment Facility Reports Veterans’ Rights Groups Sue VA
Numerous veterans’ rights groups filed a suit on Monday in San Francisco that seek to make the federal government take drastic changes in how it it handles and treats hundreds… Read More
PTSD Treatment Center to help Iraq War Contractors
New studies are showing that contractors for the U.S. government are returning from Iraq with some of the same combat-related mental health problems that most of the soldiers are experiencing…. Read More
