Tag: trauma

Study suggests accelerated resolution therapy significantly reduces PTSD symptoms

From the University of South Florida (USF Health) press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers at the University of South Florida (USF) College of Nursing have shown that brief treatments with Accelerated… Read more »

Study looks at information exchange between separate identities in patients with disassociative identity disorder

From the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) press release via MedicalXpress: People with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) are able to exchange information among their separate identities. This has been… Read more »

Study suggests children in foster care develop resilience through compassion

From the Emory University press release via EurekAlert!: A new study shows that a therapeutic intervention called Cognitively-Based Compassion Training (CBCT) appears to improve the mental and physical health of… Read more »

Study suggests sleep deprivation may reduce risk of PTSD

From the Ben-Gurion University press release via EurekAlert!: Sleep deprivation in the first few hours after exposure to a significantly stressful threat actually reduces the risk of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder… Read more »

Researchers develop new intervention for PTSD patients

From the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) press release via ScienceDaily: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is more treatable than previously thought. A novel method has shown to be… Read more »

Researchers looks at why it can be difficult to shake feelings of anxiety after a stressful event

From the Universität Bonn press release via ScienceDaily: Scientists at the Universities of Bonn and Berlin have discovered a mechanism which stops the process of forgetting anxiety after a stress… Read more »

Study suggests childhood adversity increases risk for depression and chronic inflammation

From the Elsevier press release via EurekAlert!: When a person injures their knee, it becomes inflamed. When a person has a cold, their throat becomes inflamed. This type of inflammation… Read more »

Study identifies dissociative subtype of post-traumatic stress disorder

From the Boston University Medical Center press release via MedicalXpress: A recent study by Erika J. Wolf, PhD, and Principal Investigator Mark W. Miller, PhD, both from the National Center… Read more »