Memory loss can occur as part of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but it can also be a distinct phenomenon. Not everyone with PTSD experiences memory loss, and not everyone with memory loss has ...

A research team from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology), in collaboration with the IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini in Genoa (Italy), has demonstrated that ...

The timing of trauma determines adult behavioral outcomes like aggression or social anxiety by impacting specific ...

Amy Grant isn't letting fear get in the way. During a trip to Aspen, Colo. in March, the 65-year-old singer took a leap of ...

A recent theoretical paper published in Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience suggests that psychological trauma is not literally ...

From the time you are developing in the womb until your dying day, you will experience many small and large injuries to your psyche, your sense of self, and your understanding of the world. Loss and ...

Judith Herman observed that "the conflict between the will to deny horrible events and the will to proclaim them aloud is the central dialectic of psychological trauma" (Herman, 1992). This tension ...