In a study published in the February 2018 issue of the journal Depression & Anxiety, researchers in the United Kingdom reported on a survey of 1,946 adults. Participants with at least one psychiatric ...

While scrolling through TikTok, I've seen many women share their traumatic birth experiences: an emergency C-section followed by significant blood loss; a home birth turned into an ambulance ride to ...

A web of altered neurochemical pathways and physical brain changes result in post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. The interplay between cortisol dysregulation, heightened norepinephrine levels, ...

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Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (c-PTSD or cPTSD) describes a set of disruptive symptoms that emerge after experiencing inescapable traumatic life events, especially those of a horrific or ...

A single traumatic event may last no more than just a few minutes, but its effects can linger for years to come. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can involve a range of deeply distressing ...

Nearly half of parents with children who have a serious heart condition meet the criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder, a Stanford Medicine study found. The research focused on families whose ...

Military service members who screened positive for mental health disorders before deployment, or who were injured during deployment, were more likely to develop post-deployment posttraumatic stress ...