New research among World Trade Center (WTC) responders with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has uncovered ...

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, ...

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Foreword / by Charles E. Rosenberg -- Preface -- A disorder through time -- PTSD emerges -- The psychic wounds of combat -- Diagnosing PTSD -- The return of the repressed -- PTSD becomes ubiquitous -- ...

Recovery from PTSD comes with key changes in the brain’s memory system, a new study finds. These differences were found in the brains of 19 people who developed post-traumatic stress disorder after ...

Post-traumatic stress disorder, known as PTSD, is a mental health disorder that may develop following a traumatic event in which a person is exposed to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or ...

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 ...

Among patients with CAD, PTSD is associated with both incident and recurrent heart failure hospitalizations. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is linked with incident and recurrent heart failure ...