by Lachlan Gilbert, University of New South Wales Ten minutes of aerobic exercise has led to patients reporting greater reduction of PTSD symptoms six months after treatment ended. Credit: Shutterstock Exposure therapy is one of the leading treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but up to a half of all patients don’t respond to it....
by Boston University Regions of the brain associated with stress and posttraumatic stress disorder. Credit: National Institutes of Health More than 6 percent of Americans will develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in their lifetime. This potentially chronic condition disrupts lives, and can lead to or exacerbate existing health issues such as depression, anxiety, eating disorders,...
SOCIETY FOR NEUROSCIENCE IMAGE: FEAR-POTENTIATED STARTLE INTERACTS WITH HIPPOCAMPAL THREAT REACTIVITY IN PREDICTING PTSD AT TWO-WEEKS. CREDIT: TANRIVERDI ET AL., JNEUROSCI 2022 After a traumatic event, people with decreased activity in the hippocampus experience worse PTSD symptoms, according to new research published in JNeurosci. The hippocampus does more than encode new memories — it also takes...
by American Chemical Society Credit: CC0 Public Domain Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects millions of people each year, mostly survivors and witnesses of terrifying or shocking events, such as warfare, assaults or disasters. Because existing treatments don’t work for everyone, new therapies are urgently needed. Today, scientists report results and follow-up data from a phase...
by American Psychological Association Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In women who have experienced trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms may vary over the course of the menstrual cycle, with more symptoms during the first few days of the cycle when the hormone estradiol is low, and fewer symptoms close to ovulation, when estradiol is high, finds research...
