Learn how PTSD and traumatic brain injury are linked, why they’re hard to prove in court, and what evidence strengthens your ...

This post was co-written by Dr. Deryn Strange, professor of forensic psychology at John Jay College. Our memories are not perfect reconstructions of the past. Instead, remembering a past event is a ...

If trauma isn’t the event, the memory, or the reaction, what is it? Here's a clearer, more hopeful way to understand healing.

Dr. Lanius discusses the need for novel adjunct treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), highlighting two ...

If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. Learn more. A team of neurobiologists has identified the area of the brain responsible for spontaneously recalling traumatic ...

Currently, the first-choice treatment for PTSD is exposure-based psychotherapy, where therapists help rewire the emotions associated with the traumatic memory in the patient's brain, shifting from ...

A web of altered neurochemical pathways and physical brain changes result in post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. The interplay between cortisol dysregulation, heightened norepinephrine levels, ...

People with PTSD have a cerebellum about 2% smaller than unaffected adults, especially in areas that influence emotion and memory DURHAM, N.C. – Adults with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have ...

It is well known that people who have lived through traumatic events like sexual assault, domestic abuse, or violent combat can experience symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), including ...