Imagine driving along I-20 west headed to Tuscaloosa for an Alabama football game. Suddenly, a car slams on the brakes in front of you and you can’t avoid it. You crash into it. Both you and the other ...

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) sounds complicated, but the treatment itself is straightforward.

Learn how PTSD and traumatic brain injury are linked, why they’re hard to prove in court, and what evidence strengthens your injury claim.

World Trade Center responders living with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have measurable physical changes in ...

Researchers on Long Island say they've found physical evidence of PTSD in World Trade Center first responders.

Dr. Lanius discusses the need for novel adjunct treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), highlighting two ...

The human brain is made up of billions of interconnected cells that are constantly talking to each other. A new study published in Nature zooms in to the single-cell level to see how this cellular ...

A new study led by researchers at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, suggests that using neurostimulation therapies on a specific brain ...

The diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has undergone much more than a minor tweaking or superficial facelift in the American Psychiatric Association's DSM-5. This guidebook to ...

Retired Army General Peter Chiarelli has endorsed the idea that post-traumatic stress disorder should be renamed post-traumatic stress injury to emphasize its putative organic basis. This proposal has ...

A recent study published in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging finds that childhood trauma can lead to disruptions in two main regions of the brain, the default mode ...