by Brown University Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainCombining two treatments could be a promising option for people, especially military veterans, whose lives are negatively affected by post-traumatic stress disorder, a new study shows. In a clinical trial conducted among U.S. military veterans at the Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center, participants who received brain stimulation with a low electrical...
by Brigham and Women’s Hospital Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe human gut microbiome has a significant impact on our health. Research has shown that it can influence the development and response of emotions, but the relationship between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the gut microbiome has been unexplored. PTSD is a fear-based mental health disorder that develops...
Teresa Santos (in collaboration with Ilana Polistchuck, MD) May 16, 2023 Psychotherapy is one of the two main treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The other is pharmacologic therapy, and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are the first-line treatment. With this approach, however, response rates rarely exceed 60%, and fewer than 20% to 30% of patients achieve full remission. But...
MAY 2ND, 2023 CONN HASTINGS EXCLUSIVE, NEUROLOGY, PSYCHIATRY GrayMatters Health, a medtech company based in Israel, has developed Prism for PTSD, a self-neuromodulation therapy. The company has identified what they describe as brain-mechanism-specific biomarkers for certain mental disorders. These involve combining fMRI and EEG data. The Prism for PTSD system targets a specific biomarker called amygdala-derived-EFP, which is involved...
From birth to death, a lot may change, but our DNA—the long, double-helix molecule that contains all of a person’s genetic code—stays the same. The instructions for reading that code can shift, however, as the chemical tags on and around a DNA sequence change throughout our lives, depending on our age, environment, and behavior. This...
by David Bruzzese, University of Arizona Credit: CC0 Public Domain People with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) experienced better sleep, a reduction in the severity of PTSD symptoms and more effective treatments after exposure to blue light therapy, according to a new study conducted by researchers in the University of Arizona College of Medicine—Tucson’s Department of...
by University College London Accelerated reduction in intrusive memories following hydrocortisone. Main panel: predicted mean (95% CIs) number of intrusions on days 1–7 in the placebo (blue bars) and hydrocortisone (red bars) groups. Significant sequential reductions between days for each drug (*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.0001) are indicated. Inset: ratio of hydrocortisone intrusion counts relative to placebo,...
by European College of Neuropsychopharmacology Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Post-COVID trauma and the war in Ukraine means that millions of people are suffering or are at an increased risk of developing an “epidemic” of post-traumatic stress (PTSD). Now a new review suggests that combining established psychotherapy methods with newer pharmaceuticals may offer the best therapeutic approach...
By ARIELLA MARSDEN – Yesterday 9:00 PM For the first time, scientists have been able to reduce post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms through hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). It is a form of treatment in which the patient inhales 100% oxygen in chambers of pressures exceeding one atmosphere absolute, a term often used in SCUBA diving,...
“For the probationers that experienced serious mental illnesses, over two-thirds of them had experienced a significant number of traumatic events,” says Ashley Givens, an assistant professor in the University of Missouri School of Social Work, who interviewed 207 probationers with current mental illnesses about their trauma and analyzed how it was affecting them. In their study,...
