Diagnosing post-traumatic stress disorder in children can be notoriously difficult. Many, especially those with limited communication skills or emotional awareness, struggle to explain what they're ...

Diagnosing post-traumatic stress disorder in children can be notoriously difficult. Many, especially those with limited ...

The study, published in Pattern Recognition Letters, is the first of its kind to incorporate context-aware PTSD ...

Background Lifeguards may face many life-threatening situations during their careers and may be at increased risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Minimal evidence concerning critical ...

A group of Texas-based researchers has developed an effective way to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that involves zapping the vagus nerve around the neck, using a device the size of a ...

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating disorder that can develop following witnessing or experiencing a traumatic event. PTSD is characterized by reexperiencing traumatic events, ...

Melissa Zielinski, Ph.D., director of Health and the Legal System (HEALS) Lab, has served as the main investigator for five years of adults in prison with PTSD and substance use disorder using ...

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that may occur after a traumatic event such as a car accident. Without treatment, it can have long-term effects, including ...

Rates of PTSD rose by 4.1 percentage points between 2017 and 2022, and stress disorder diagnoses rose by 0.5 percentage points, a new study showed. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News ...

A shared communication network called the “gut-brain axis” may partially explain the connection between PTSD, a mental health condition, and IBS, a functional disorder of the gastrointestinal ...

Risk Factors. More than half of the people living with PTSD in the U.S. are women. “Some of the most common triggers that may lead women to develop the condition are sexual assault and abuse as ...