A recent meta-analysis published in JAMA Psychiatry addresses a common misperception that trauma-focused therapies are ...

Feelings of sadness or irritability that last a month or more after a life-threatening event could be signs of acute stress ...

What will the long-term psychological impact of the Los Angeles-area wildfires be? Here are three red flags that deserve our ...

Normandie University researchers have identified critical links between the brain's inhibitory memory control mechanisms and resilience to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). They examined how the ...

The Las Vegas explosion has led to a conversation about the hidden struggles many military personnel face, particularly about ...

You're probably familiar with PTSD, the acronym used to describe post-traumatic stress disorder. But how much do you actually ...

Studies show that CBT is the most effective therapy in both short- and long-term treatment for PTSD. In exposure therapy, people confront their fears by engaging with the source of their trauma a ...

Life is full of unexpected twists and turns, and while many of these can be managed with resilience, some events are so ...

Complex trauma is defined as prolonged exposure to traumatic events from ... There are no consistent guidelines for the treatment of C-PTSD. The approach can differ from that of PTSD in that ...

Opens in a new tab or window Initiating cognitive processing therapy or prolonged exposure (CPT/PE ... veterans newly diagnosed with PTSD, starting CPT/PE treatment was linked with a 23% lower ...

For others, PTSD requires professional treatment. If you’re living with ... group therapy cognitive processing therapy prolonged exposure therapy trauma-focused CBT Eye movement desensitization ...

“New PTSD treatments are a high priority ... the index traumatic event was 4 years and three fourths had no prior exposure to PTSD prescription medications. At week 10, the mean change ...