News on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

news combat stress appeal

2010-03-11T18:01:04Z

Prince Charles, Prince of Wales attends the launched of the Combat Stress 'The Enemy Within' appeal at Clarence House. London, England - 11.03.10

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Information

2010-02-22T16:09:28Z

Author: altruist

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is real illness and affects people in different ways. It is caused after seeing or living through a traumatic or dangerous event. Veterans of war often suffer with PTSD because of the war time environment and the horrors they have to endure.

"Trauma" refers to the impact of an event or series of events so intense, it causes significant changes in a person's physical, emotional, mental and spiritual well-being. P...

What we Should Know About Post Traumatic Stress Disorders (PTSD) to Overcome the Symptoms?

2010-02-22T17:17:30Z

Have you lived through a scary or dangerous event? Do you've a few of the following problems?<br><br>?Feeling like the event is happening again<br><br>?Trouble sleeping or nightmares<br><br>?Not feeling about people<br><br>?Becoming easy angered<br><br>?Feeling guilty because other people died when you lived<br><br>If so, you m...

Researchers see pattern in PTSD brain activity

2010-02-22T17:32:42Z

<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. researchers have discovered a distinct pattern of brain activity in people with post traumatic stress disorder that may give doctors an objective way to test for it, they said on Wednesday.</p><p>Using a brain imaging device called magnetoen...

Study: Fast morphine treatment may prevent PTSD

2010-02-22T20:50:08Z

<div id="subtitle">Study: Quickly giving wounded troops morphine cuts the risk of developing PTSD</div><div><p>Quickly giving morphine to wounded troops cuts in half the chance they will develop post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a provocative study that suggests a new strategy for preventing the psychological fallout of war.</p><p>Researchers at the Madison, Wis.-based combat stress unit's 40 members were killed in the shooting. 1st Sgt. James McLeod said all the soldiers in the unit would wear black bracelets etched with the names of the ...

Fort Hood Shooting Unit Deployment

2009-12-03T22:00:16Z

A wristband with the names of the five soldiers from two combat stress units who died in the Nov. 5 shooting carries the words "Who will go for us? Here I am. Serve me." Three of the Madison, Wis.-based combat stress unit's 40 members were killed in the shooting. 1st Sgt. James McLeod said all the soldiers in the unit would wear black bracelets etched with the names of the ...

Fired therapist: Stressed Marines get shoddy care

2010-02-24T02:35:56Z

<div><p>Marines treated at Camp Lejeune for post-traumatic stress had to undergo therapy for months in temporary trailers where they could hear bomb blasts, machine-gun fire and war cries through the thin walls, according to servicemen and their former psychiatrist.</p><p>The eight trailers were used for nearly two years, until a permanent clinic was completed in September in another l...

Military experiment seeks to predict PTSD

2010-02-24T02:59:50Z

<div id="subtitle">Military experiment seeks clues to predict which troops might suffer post-traumatic stress</div><div><p>Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images.</p>&am...

Scanning invisible damage of PTSD, brain blasts

2010-02-24T07:48:31Z

<div><p>Powerful scans are letting doctors watch just how the brain changes in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and concussion-like brain injuries — signature damage of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.</p><p>It's work that one day may allow far easier diagnosis for patients — civilian or military — who today struggle to get help for these...

VA to ease way for vets to get stress disability

2010-02-24T19:13:24Z

<div id="subtitle">VA to make it easier for vets to qualify for combat stress compensation</div><div><p>Female soldiers and others serving in dangerous roles behind the front lines in Iraq and Afghanistan have long complained it was hard to prove their combat experience when applying for disability for post-traumatic stress disorder.</p&...

Attitude may affect long-term recovery from whiplash

2010-02-24T21:15:22Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For people who suffer whiplash in a car accident, feelings of being wronged may raise their risk of lingering post-traumatic stress, a new study suggests.</p><p>The study, which followed 112 patients in rehab for whiplash injuries, found that 45 percent had symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) when they started treatment. And t...

10 Things Everyone Should Know About Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

2010-02-25T07:06:13Z

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder used to be called ?shell shock?. The condition was first recognised in soldiers returning from WW2 who had gone through shocking and overwhelming experiences at war.<br><br>Many of these soldiers had strong feelings of grief, anxiety and anger which wouldn?t go away, had flashbacks of horrific scenes and felt compelled to avoid anything associated with their traumatic experiences.<br><br>Since then, similar...

Study sheds light on post-combat mental problems

2010-02-25T10:15:29Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are typical after deployment to a war zone, and may even represent a healthy reaction to stress, but can lead to problems with mental functioning if they persist, new research in Iraq vets suggests.</p><p>Past research has demonstrated that people expos...

Life Coach: The Only Evidence-Based PTSD/Suicide Intervention Is Blocked By NIMH From Scientific Review

2010-02-25T14:00:49Z

NIMH Blocked the only Evidence-Based program process for PTSD/Suicide from Scientific Review.<br><br>Despite an unprecedented crisis in military suicidality, the National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH) rejected the only evidence-based proposal - the SR process - to cure post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and suicide in the Robert Wake, Iraq war veteran suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Robert Wake (R) stands with an unidentified soldier during his Army days before having PTSD. Wake served in the MP (Military Police) in Iraq in 2003-2004 and saw brutal conditions during battles there, and eventually was seriously wounded by a mortar shell in Reuters Health) - Veterans who come home from Iraq and Afghanistan with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental health diagnoses are hit with a double whammy: They also have greater risk factors for heart disease, according to a report in the Iraq or Afghanistan since

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Stress disorder ups dementia risk in older veterans

2010-02-26T10:05:16Z

<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - Older veterans who have had post-traumatic stress disorder have nearly double the risk of dementia than other veterans, U.S. researchers said on Monday.</p><p>The findings, presented at an Sgt. Jesse Raymo, left, collects signatures for a petition requesting an investigation of the 1-25 Stryker Brigade Combat Team for redeploying soldiers who were still suffering from injuries and Post-Traumatic Stress at the GI