May 20th, 2013

Emerging research on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) finds that specific areas of the brain may show effects of trauma even in non-stressful ...
May 20th, 2013

New research suggests chronic smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, and increasing age are all associated with increased oxidative damage to brain tissue.
Experts say ...
May 19th, 2013

Soldiers who suffer more than one mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) face a significantly higher risk of suicide, according to a new study.
Researchers from the ...
May 11th, 2013

Individuals suffering from chronic pain should be evaluated for anxiety disorders, according to a new study published in General Hospital Psychiatry.
"I think [health care] providers are more aware of the ...
May 2nd, 2013

An international team of researchers has determined that child abuse leaves a distinct change in biological pathways.
Such discoveries have the ...
April 18th, 2013

Recent military conflicts have resulted in a dramatic increase in post-traumatic stress disorder among returning soldiers. Now, new research suggests a mindfulness-based ...
April 18th, 2013

Stress is a tight-wire act. Not enough stress can lead to boredom, depression and inactivity while too much stress ...
April 15th, 2013

New clinical research suggests most people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) fail to receive evidence-based psychotherapy interventions.
Experts report that PTSD affects nearly ...
April 14th, 2013

When the parent of a child with cancer has already experienced a traumatic life event prior to hearing of the child’s cancer diagnosis, he ...
April 4th, 2013

Overcoming what some researchers are calling "mental defeat" is viewed as a means to help someone with chronic pain regain control ...