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Researchers working at the Oxford University have announced that Tetris, the well-known falling block powered puzzle title, is a good candidate for treating Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, one of the most debilitating psychological conditions of the modern age.
The team is not saying that video games can cure PTSD, ... |
27 April 2012
13:41 GMT |
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According to researchers at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA), people with a certain variation in two genes coding for the production of the neurotransmitter serotonin are at an increased risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
The discovery is very important, particularly for the ... |
2 April 2012
10:00 GMT |
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One of the most common symptoms associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is the emergence of nightmares. Patients become unable to get a good night's sleep on account of them, and doctors have been looking for a way to address that. Thanks to a new study, they now can. A group of scientists from t... |
7 March 2012
16:31 GMT |
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A paper published in the latest issue of the esteemed journal Environmental Health proposes that the solvent tetrachloroethylene (PCE), which used to be used for treating drinking water, and is currently a staple of dry cleaning, may be linked to the development of mental illnesses.
If confirmed, the correlation co... |
24 January 2012
08:03 GMT |
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Investigators at the New York University School of Medicine Langone Medical Center (LMC) say that they recently discovered a biological marker that could be used to assess a person's risk of developing a stress-related conditions, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Many were convinced that such an i... |
30 November 2011
10:58 GMT |
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The conclusions of a new scientific study appear to indicate that dreams and sleep are useful for removing painful memories, or at least making them easier to withstand and manage. From this perspective, it's not necessarily time that heals all wounds.
Investigators from the University of California in Berkele... |
24 November 2011
08:01 GMT |
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According to the results of a new scientific investigation conducted by researchers at the University of California in Irvine (UCI), it would appear that women who use birth control remember the main idea of emotional events more clearly than peers who do not use the pills.
Conversely, those who use other means o... |
12 September 2011
04:34 GMT |
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Some cases of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be explained by a genetic propensity towards developing the condition, the results of a new scientific study indicate. The finding may pave the way for developing a test that could identify at-risk individuals early on.
This could come in handy for the milit... |
8 September 2011
10:18 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of the latest European study on the issue, it would appear that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is impairing sufferers' ability to detect and recognize facial expressions. This deprives the individuals of a critical path used to perceive and process social cues.A vast proportio... |
18 August 2011
10:18 GMT |
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One of the hallmarks of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is the fact that most patients tend to develop strong, long-lasting memories of the negative experiences that triggered the condition. Experts recently managed to discover the mechanism that boosts the formation of such adverse memories.According to resear... |
2 August 2011
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Injuries or traumatic experiences oftentimes result in people being left at a heightened risk of developing depression or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Now, experts at the University of Pennsylvania announce the creation of a simple survey that can identify traumatized persons. The test can be used to determ... |
19 July 2011
09:44 GMT |
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Scientists at the University of Denver have found that male soldiers with high marital satisfaction show less symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder upon their return, if their spouses send them letters, e-mail or care packages during deployments to the battlefield.Conversely, the same was not true for active sol... |
6 June 2011
10:14 GMT |
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In a study conducted on veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts, investigators determined that practicing transcendental meditation helped the five test participants cope with the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).The condition is triggered when people are exposed to traumatic events under diff... |
2 June 2011
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A large-scale survey of people serving in the United States military has revealed that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a condition about five times more likely to affect servicemen with a mental health history than individuals who never experienced such problems. It was made clear that soldiers who were inju... |
3 May 2011
05:17 GMT |
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A group of investigators with the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) announces a discovery that could have significant implications for people who have experienced various forms of abuse, in the sense that these individuals could have their harmful memories weakened.The work now being conducted at the uni... |
28 April 2011
04:00 GMT |
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Scientists were finally able to demonstrate that the way the human immune system responds to the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is dependent on the gender of the patient.In order to prove this hypothesis, experts conducted two new experiments, which showed that, while men had no immune response to t... |
27 April 2011
08:04 GMT |
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Investigators have recently determined that people who were subjected to traumatic experiences as children tend to be at an increased risk of experiencing the full effects of age-related diseases. Such conditions include autoimmune, neurodegenerative and cardiovascular diseases, as well as cancer and a host of other ... |
26 April 2011
08:24 GMT |
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Scientists have determined that neurons developing in an area of the brain called the hippocampus have a positive effect on mood and cognition. The correlation is especially true if the new nerve cells are acquired during adulthood. The investigation that led to this conclusion was conducted on unsuspecting lab mice,... |
4 April 2011
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Two new research papers shed light on the risk factors for developing post-traumatic stress disorder. The condition, which affects those who passed through unusually difficult situations or traumatic experiences, is difficult to treat, and can significantly diminish quality of life in sufferers.Military personnel is ... |
25 March 2011
10:29 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new scientific study, it would appear that the actions of a gene may also play an important part in determining which people go on to develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after being subjected to one or more traumatic events.At this point, the condition is considered by expe... |
2 March 2011
04:22 GMT |
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Scientists believe they may have found one of the reasons why military personnel returning home from wars have such a high incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). They say it's all connected to the way the brain returns to normal after a person has been exposed to a traumatic experience.Our brains ha... |
10 February 2011
04:50 GMT |
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People react differently to stress – some deal with it and once it's gone they go back to a normal life, while some are so affected by it that they develop psychiatric illnesses like depression or PTSD.It looks the individual resistance to stress is determined by the biological building of each and every o... |
22 December 2010
10:56 GMT |
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A team of neuroscientists has found that stress enhances ordinary, unrelated memories and therefore it could increase the pathological effects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other anxiety disorders.They carried out their study on rats, hoping that this could help them understand the disorder a little be... |
22 December 2010
04:18 GMT |
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A team of Iowa University have identified the part of the brain that causes people to feel fear, and this discovery could be a step forward in improving the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, as well as other anxiety conditions.The researchers' case study was a woman who suffered from a rare c... |
17 December 2010
05:56 GMT |
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Scientists already knew that sleep plays a very important role in the development of memories, so three researchers affiliated with the Department of Adult Mental Health, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan, carried out a study focusing on the link between sl... |
8 December 2010
04:40 GMT |
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A newly-developed nanoscale material could one day be used to tell if soldiers affected by a blast wave are at risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or if they were subjected to traumatic brain injuries following the event. As the Iraq and Afghanistan rage on pointlessly and with little notable de... |
2 December 2010
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A new study suggests that playing Tetris, and possibly other quick moving visual puzzles, could be used to treat flashbacks that are associated with issues like Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.Researchers have showed upsetting bits of film to 60 subjects and then asked them to note down how often they experienced flas... |
15 November 2010
13:41 GMT |
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Playing video games may not necessarily be as bad a habit as parents would have their children believe. According to new data, it would appear that people who play games before bedtime are actually prone to developing exquisite awareness and control of their dreams. This could be a potent therapeutic tool, experts sa... |
25 May 2010
11:06 GMT |
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The Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is one of the modern diseases that are on the rise across the world. Known in the First World War as “shell shock,” its name has changed over the years, but its symptoms have always remained the same. Diagnosing it correctly is very difficult to do, even with the ... |
20 January 2010
05:30 GMT |
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It's common knowledge that the human brain features billions of neurons, all connected with each other via synapses and other channels. These connections are all related to everyday feelings, including one of the most powerful, fear. Studies on neural fear have usually focused on fear-conditioning experiments, b... |
1 October 2009
04:43 GMT |
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According to a recent scientific study, it may be that experiencing (and surviving) an earthquake may have a number of side-effects on people, including damage to their brain function, even though they remain physically healthy. The investigation was conducted on survivors of the Wenchuan, China earthquake, which too... |
25 September 2009
21:11 GMT |
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The Post-Concussion Syndrome (PCS) is a relatively new medical condition, with effects that have not yet been fully assessed. There is currently a complex debate going on in the international scientific community, on whether this is a new disease, or if it's just an alternate version to the more common post-trau... |
28 April 2009
09:37 GMT |
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Brain injuries are among the most severe kind, especially those that leave people scarred for life. Some may experience ringing sensations in their ears for years on end, while others may simply have a two- or three decade-long headache. These types of afflictions can only be cured with cutting-edge surgery, which is... |
19 March 2009
12:08 GMT |
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Research on animal models has evidenced the fact that average, work-related stress, as well as posttraumatic stress disorders (PTSD) have the potential to cause depression and force the brain to function at much lower parameters than it would normally do. In other words, stress is capable of inducing modifications in... |
17 March 2009
11:15 GMT |
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