PTSD Has Surged Among College Students - The New York Times
May 30, 2024 · Post-traumatic stress disorder diagnoses among college students more than doubled between 2017 and 2022, climbing most sharply as the coronavirus pandemic shut down campuses and upended...
UNC School of Medicine, BioXcel Therapeutics Team Up to Tackle …
2 days ago · October 15, 2024. U.S. Department of Defense awarded $2.8 million to UNC Institute for Trauma Recover researchers led by Samuel McLean, MD, to test the safety and efficacy of BXCL501 – sublingual dexmedetomidine created by BioXcel Therapautics for treating acute stress reaction symptoms and preventing posttraumatic stress. Sam McLean, MD, MPH ...
Why Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Gets Overlooked - The New York Times
Apr 4, 2022 · Prolonged exposure — a cognitive intervention that involves patients describing a traumatic event in precise detail — has been shown to ease PTSD symptoms in nine to 12 sessions. And emerging...
FDA declines to approve novel MDMA therapy to treat PTSD, with ... - CNN
Aug 9, 2024 · The US Food and Drug Administration has declined to approve an application for the use of MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy, as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a...
Scientists uncover 95 regions of the genome linked to PTSD
Apr 18, 2024 · Nov. 7, 2023 — Researchers show why only a subset of individuals exposed to trauma develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The research, centered on the body's stress hormone response...
Brain Study Suggests Traumatic Memories Are Processed as …
Nov 30, 2023 · At the root of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is a memory that cannot be controlled. It may intrude on everyday activity, thrusting a person into the middle of a horrifying event,...
PTSD News - ScienceDaily
Aug 19, 2024 · PTSD: Post-traumatic stress disorder. Read about the latest research findings regarding post-traumatic stress disorder including common causes and new treatments.
PTSD’s genetic component validated in new study | News
April 24, 2024 – A new genetic study of more than 1.2 million people has pinpointed 95 loci, or locations in the genome, linked with risk of developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), in which exposure to trauma can harm a person’s quality of life with symptoms such as intrusive thoughts and mood instability.
News on post-traumatic stress disorder - Medical Xpress
Sep 23, 2024 · News on post-traumatic stress disorder. Psychology & Psychiatry. Social media posts may provide early warning of PTSD problems.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - The Conversation
Sep 1, 2024 · Around one in three women experience traumatic childbirth and one in 25 women develop post-traumatic stress disorder as a result – here’s what changes need to be made.