Many trauma survivors struggle to remember events in sequence. A local expert explains why the brain responds this way and ...

The human brain is made up of billions of interconnected cells that are constantly talking to each other. A new study published in Nature zooms in to the single-cell level to see how this cellular ...

Hypervigilance, a state of constant alertness, often stems from unresolved trauma. This heightened state can significantly ...

Did you know that patients with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) often struggle to forget traumatic memories, even long after the danger has passed? This failure to extinguish fear memories has ...

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 ...

Researchers found that World Trade Center responders with PTSD showed molecular changes associated with faster biological aging and an increased risk of chronic illness.

“Isaiah” asked if there was anything new that might help him. Isaiah was an older man who'd had a violent childhood. Decade after decade, he experienced terrible nightmares. He was emotionally ...

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 ...

The researchers: "In the group that received hyperbaric therapy we saw a decline in all clinical symptoms of PTSD, alongside improved connectivity in neural networks." The researchers believe that ...

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 ...