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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pete Scobell, a Fairview native and decorated Navy SEAL, served 17 years in the military with six combat deployments before ...

PTSD is often associated with combat veterans, but experts say the condition can affect anyone who experiences a traumatic ...

PTSD is a relatively common mental health disorder that often requires multi-modal treatment. One adjunctive treatment is ...

Traumatic experiences can cause memory problems, and estrogen may be a key factor that shapes the brain's resilience against ...