Tag: PTSD

Study discovers how brain cells can remember new memories while maintaining older ones

From the RIKEN press release via MedicalXpress: Researchers at the RIKEN-MIT Center for Neural Circuit Genetics have discovered an answer to the long-standing mystery of how brain cells can both… Read more »

Study links even mild traumatic brain injury to increased risk of PTSD

From the Elsevier press release via AlphaGalileo: Mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are cardinal injuries associated with combat stress, and TBI increases the risk of… Read more »

Study links childhood gender nonconformity to higher risk of abuse and later PTSD

From the Harvard School of Public Health press release: Children in the U.S. whose activity choices, interests, and pretend play before age 11 fall outside those typically expressed by their… Read more »

Study links traumatic brain injury to increased PTSD susceptibility

From the UCLA press release via EurekAlert!: UCLA life scientists and their colleagues have provided the first evidence of a causal link between traumatic brain injury and an increased susceptibility… Read more »

Study links stress levels of unemployed people more to their surroundings than other factors

From the University of Edinburgh press release via EurekAlert!: Stress levels of unemployed people are linked more to their surroundings than their age, gender, disposable income, and degree of deprivation,… Read more »

Study suggests sleep can preserve and enhance unpleasant emotional memories

From the University of Massachussetts Amherst press release: A recent study by sleep researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is the first to suggest that a person’s emotional response… Read more »

Study identifies risk factors for chronic PTSD in PTSD sufferers

From the Florida State University press release: A Florida State University clinical psychologist has identified factors that could cause some women with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to have chronic, persistent… Read more »