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 from ...

During my dissertation research on combat veterans with post-traumatic stress (PTS), I realized that when discussing traumatic events that lead to PTS, the victim often has a hard time describing the ...

The recall of traumatic memories is central to clinical and neurobiological models of PTSD, yet neurocircuitry mechanisms underlying traumatic memory recall remain elusive. Recent advances in natural ...

While many recover after life-threatening events, some develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a condition marked by disruptions in fear processing, memory and emotion regulation. Although post ...

A study published in Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience observed the efficacy of donepezil for addressing persistent verbal memory impairments among individuals with predominantly ...

Cognitive processing therapy (CPT) is an evidence-based psychotherapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Its goal is to help people process traumatic events while challenging and changing ...

Glial manipulation interferes with the long-term consolidation of fear memories. By artificially manipulating the state of astrocytes, it may become possible to prevent the long-term consolidation of ...

Trauma is often viewed as a painful memory that gradually fades with time. While many people recover naturally after ...

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Following a traumatic event, some individuals develop mental health conditions like posttraumatic stress disorder or clinical depression, and these conditions may be connected to the size of a brain ...