FOR DECADES, Martin Teicher, M.D., Ph.D., has investigated the impact of trauma on the developing brain. He is currently an associate professor of ...

Women are more than twice as likely as men to develop stress-related conditions such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), ...

Psychoeducational approaches to resiliency can be extremely beneficial in cases of PTSD and other stress-related conditions, ...

World Trade Center responders living with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have measurable physical changes in their brains, new research shows, illustrating how trauma can leave ...

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 ...

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a condition with limited effective therapeutic options to date, where 5-HT2A receptor agonists show promise for enhancing cortical plasticity in the brain and ...

A novel therapy involving electrical pulses to the vagus nerve might unlock the brain’s hidden potential to rewire itself, and heal where words and pills fall short. Initially described as early as ...

Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have found that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may be linked to accelerated brain aging among World Trade Center (WTC) responders ...

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 ...

Traumatic brain injury cases demand medical proof, expert testimony, and precise damage calculations to secure long-term ...