October 24, 2015 Trauma and food addiction linked for women Women with symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may be more likely to have food addiction, or a feeling of dependence on food, new research suggests.
October 24, 2015 PTSD added to medical marijuana-worthy conditions in Michigan A state official has reluctantly added post-traumatic stress disorder to the list of conditions that qualify for medical marijuana in Michigan.
October 24, 2015 For rural veterans with PTSD, telemedicine may help For the many veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) who don’t have access to a trained mental health care team, connecting with such a team remotely by phone and video chats may help, a new study suggests.
October 24, 2015 Memory-boosting research could help soldiers recall skills Soldiers are often under pressure to learn and remember skills from their training up to months or years later, sometimes in the heat of combat.
October 24, 2015 Post-traumatic stress: Rethinking the disorder and finding hope In thinking about how we can best serve our veterans, we must spread hope that there are meaningful treatment options.
October 24, 2015 Colorado rejects PTSD as ailment eligible for medical pot Citing scant research, Colorado health officials voted Wednesday against adding post-traumatic stress disorder to the list of ailments eligible for treatment with medical marijuana.
October 24, 2015 Researchers track mental illness with Twitter In a time when sharing thoughts and feelings in the form of a hashtag has become the norm, researchers at Johns Hopkins University have turned to Twitter to gather important information about mental illness.
October 24, 2015 Xenon gas exposure shows potential as PTSD treatment, study says Xenon gas, normally used for anesthesia or diagnostic imaging, may treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to new research from McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass.
October 23, 2015 Many Vietnam veterans have PTSD 40 years after war’s end Decades after the end of the U.S. war in Vietnam, more than one in ten American veterans from the conflict still experience at least some symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a new study.
October 23, 2015 In Newtown, mental health problems still emerging Anxiety, depression, guilt, sleeplessness, marital strife, drug and alcohol abuse - two years after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the scope of the psychological damage to children, parents and others is becoming clear, and the need for treatment is likely to persist a long time.
