Prolonged exposure to stress due to neglect or abandonment can lead to elevated cortisol levels, which can contribute to a ...

About half of those with PTSD recover within three months, but for many others, the condition becomes chronic. What are the risk factors for PTSD? Created with Sketch. Research shows that some ...

Discover how unresolved emotional trauma creates measurable physical damage, from sleep disruption and chronic inflammation ...

People with chronic PTSD lost volume in certain parts of their hippocampi in the years after 2015. But as people recovered, their hippocampus stopped atrophying, the results suggest. The new ...

The research, one of the longest observational studies of Vietnam veterans to date, finds that PTSD and combat exposure are strongly linked to cardiovascular disease and chronic illnesses ...

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects approx. 10 percent of road accident participants and as many as half of people who have experienced war, and victims of rape or violence. PTSD negatively ...

Psychological trauma is a response to an event that a person finds highly stressful, such as an experience in a war zone, a natural disaster, or an accident. Trauma can cause a wide range of ...

A 20-week double-blind crossover study of 10 Vietnam combat veterans and an eight-week study involving 40 veterans with chronic PTSD and severe, trauma-related nightmares tested prazosin vs.