Currently, the first-choice treatment for PTSD is exposure-based psychotherapy, where therapists help rewire the emotions associated with the traumatic memory in the patient’s brain, shifting from ...

During my dissertation research on combat veterans with post-traumatic stress (PTS), I realized that when discussing traumatic events that lead to PTS, the victim often has a hard time describing the ...

Dr Ravi Gill discusses the factors contributing to the heightened susceptibility of individuals in high-risk occupations ...

A new analysis of the brain activity of people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is the first to reveal that traumatic memories are represented in the brain in an entirely different way than ...

Cognitive processing therapy (CPT) is an evidence-based psychotherapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Its goal is to help people process traumatic events while challenging and changing ...

A new analysis of the brain activity of people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is the first to reveal that traumatic memories are represented in the brain in an entirely different way than ...

A new study shows that when individuals with PTSD recall traumatic events, each person displays different brain activity, which is markedly different from when they recall a sad or neutral memory.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Laurel Niep, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (THE CONVERSATION) If ...

Trauma can look different for everyone. It can arise after being in an accident, losing a loved one, experiencing natural disasters, witnessing something traumatic happen to someone else, and many ...