PTSD Has Surged Among College Students - The New York Times
May 30, 2024 · Post-traumatic stress disorder diagnoses among college students more than doubled between 2017 and 2022, climbing most sharply as the coronavirus pandemic shut down...
PTSD News - ScienceDaily
Oct 10, 2024 · PTSD: Post-traumatic stress disorder. Read about the latest research findings regarding post-traumatic stress disorder including common causes and new treatments.
Brain Study Suggests Traumatic Memories Are Processed as …
Nov 30, 2023 · At the root of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is a memory that cannot be controlled. It may intrude on everyday activity, thrusting a person into the middle of a horrifying event,...
Scientists uncover 95 regions of the genome linked to PTSD
Apr 18, 2024 · Nov. 7, 2023 — Researchers show why only a subset of individuals exposed to trauma develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The research, centered on the body's stress hormone response...
Post-traumatic stress disorder - Latest research and news - Nature
Oct 30, 2024 · Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be an acute, chronic or delayed reaction to a traumatic event. Symptoms can include intrusive, disturbing flashbacks or nightmares of the...
Dozens of genes are linked to post-traumatic stress disorder
Apr 22, 2024 · A study of genetic data from more than one million people, the largest data set used so far to investigate the underpinnings of PTSD, reveals 80 new sites in the genome linked to the disorder and...
Brain Activity Patterns After Trauma May Predict Long-Term
Oct 14, 2021 · Study shows link between post-trauma brain activity and symptoms of anxiety, PTSD six months later. The way a person’s brain responds to stress following a traumatic event, such as a car accident, may help to predict their long-term mental health outcomes, according to research supported by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part ...
Science News About Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Aug 8, 2018 · In an NIMH-funded study, a comprehensive collaborative care intervention significantly reduced post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms among trauma patients from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds.
News | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Dec 4, 2020 · PTSD’s genetic component validated in new study. A new genetic study of more than 1.2 million people has pinpointed 95 loci, or locations in the genome, linked with risk of developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), in which exposure to trauma can harm a person’s quality…
Post-traumatic stress disorder and risk for hospitalization and …
Nov 22, 2022 · In the current study, we examined associations between PTSD and negative COVID-19 outcomes, as indexed by risk for 60-day hospitalizations and deaths following a positive SARS-CoV-2 test (i.e ...