5. August 2009 20:29
In the first study of its kind, researchers at Saint Louis University are recruiting patients for a clinical trial that will use cutting-edge imaging equipment to map the brain injuries of combat veterans and civilians, aiming to better understand the nature of their injuries.
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Tags: Brain, Cancer, Head Injury, Medical Visualization Technology, Nausea, Neuroimaging, Neurosurgery, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Speech, Stress, Trauma, Traumatic Brain Injury
15. July 2009 18:43
Veterans Affairs hospitals and outpatient clinics under review are not always complying fully with federal privacy requirements, often exposing women when they bathe or receive exams, according to government auditors, The Associated Press reports.
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7. July 2009 20:28
Psychological interventions intended to prevent the development of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the early stages after a traumatic experience have not been shown to be effective, Cochrane Researchers have concluded. This systematic review focused on multiple-session treatments for everyone involved, irrespective of the presence of symptoms. Two previous reviews found single session interventions to be ineffective.
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6. July 2009 21:19
Fear is a powerful emotion and neuroscientists have for the first time located the neurons responsible for fear conditioning in the mammalian brain. Fear conditioning is a form of Pavlovian, or associative, learning and is considered to be a model system for understanding human phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder and other anxiety disorders.
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23. June 2009 19:51
Children who live in Afghanistan are particularly affected every day by a multitude of war time stressors which increase the likelihood of developing PTSD: trauma, child labor, and family and military violence. On a daily basis they are first-hand witnesses to the bombings, abuse, and the general upheaval of their home life and society as a result of war, including the effects of long-term poverty and familial turmoil.
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9. June 2009 05:50
A study in the New England Journal of Medicine has found common surgical interventions and stents, the expensive medical devices used in bypass surgeries, are no more effective at preventing death, heart attacks and strokes in diabetic patients than less expensive drugs, the Wall Street Journal reports. The study, which included 2,368 patients, is representative of new interest in head-to-head comparisons of treatments.
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5. May 2009 01:58
The Navajo Area Indian Health Service and the Northern Arizona Veterans Affairs Health Care System recently signed an agreement that aims to improve access to post-traumatic stress disorder treatment for war veterans, the Farmington Daily Times reports.
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20. April 2009 23:01
Research performed by Nicole Lauzon and Dr. Steven Laviolette of the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at The University of Western Ontario has found key processes in the brain that control the emotional significance of our experiences and how we form memories of them.
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Posted in: Medical Research News
Tags: Brain, Cellular Biology, Cortex, Depression, Dopamine, Human Anatomy, Mental Health, Neuroscience, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Schizophrenia, Stress, Stress Related
8. April 2009 14:04
New Geisinger-lead research dispels a recent notion in psychiatry that if a person experiences a panic attack during a traumatic event that they will likely suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the future.
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6. April 2009 01:53
Florence, Italy: Preliminary research examining the difference in brain activity between soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder and those without it moves scientists a step closer to the possibility of being able one day to use brain scans to help diagnose the condition.
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Tags: Amygdala, Anxiety, Brain, Cancer, Cortex, Depression, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Mental Health, Neuroimaging, Neuroscience, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Psychiatry, Stress, Stress Related, Trauma, Veterans Affairs
1. April 2009 20:50
Compassion fatigue in nurses, doctors and other front line cancer-care providers significantly impacts how they interact with patients, with patient families, with other healthcare workers, and with their own family, according to analysis by Indiana University School of Medicine and Regenstrief Institute researchers published in the March issue of the Journal of Health Psychology.
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17. March 2009 21:54
Imagine that you have been in combat and that you have watched your closest friend die in front of you.
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16. March 2009 05:30
In the March 1st issue of Biological Psychiatry, published by Elsevier, a paper by Tibor Hajszan and colleagues provides an important new chapter to this question.
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Tags: Brain, Cortex, Depression, Hippocampus, Neuroimaging, Neuron, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Psychiatry, Spine, Stress, Stress Related, Trauma, Traumatic Brain Injury, Twins, Veterans Affairs
10. March 2009 13:36
Ecstasy may help suffers of post-traumatic stress learn to deal with their memories more effectively by encouraging a feeling of safety, according to an article in the Journal of Psychopharmacology published by SAGE.
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5. March 2009 16:19
The first study of mental health in post-conflict Southern Sudan has found high levels of mental distress, and revealed evidence of continued exposure to traumatic events.
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