Trauma resulting from combat, car accidents, natural disasters, domestic violence, sexual assault or child abuse can leave a deep imprint on both the brain and body. The effects of these ...

it may signify a person has PTSD. The brain works in complex ways to keep a person safe. Experiencing trauma can alter the structure and functions of the brain, even long after the traumatic event ...

An estimated one in 11 U.S. adults will experience post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, in their lifetimes. PTSD occurs when people have intense and disturbing thoughts and feelings related to ...

Survivors vary in their likelihood of developing PTSD after trauma exposure due, in part, to how the brain handles the stress of the experience. This webinar will highlight emerging research ...

What’s new — This investigation is one of the papers to come out of a national research initiative to better understand what happens in the brain in the aftermath of trauma at a behavioral ...

The cerebellum, a part of the brain well known for helping to coordinate movement and balance, can influence emotion and memory, which are impacted by PTSD. What isn’t known yet is whether a smaller ...

However, a new study carried out at Tufts University has just uncovered a brain marker that seems to show who is more likely to develop PTSD when exposed to trauma. It all has to do with how one ...

The team conducted brain scans of 28 people with PTSD while they listened to recorded narrations of their own memories. Some of the recorded memories were neutral, some were simply “sad,” and ...

Share on Pinterest Researchers say racial inequities can change the brain structure of children, People Images/Getty Images Researchers say racial inequities can produce poverty and trauma that ...

Currently, the first-choice treatment for PTSD is exposure-based psychotherapy, where therapists help rewire the emotions associated with the traumatic memory in the patient’s brain, shifting ...