For people living with treatment-resistant PTSD, the search for relief can feel endless. A recent study suggests a tiny ...

A trial enrolled nine individuals with PTSD and used a next-generation miniaturized system to deliver vagus nerve stimulation ...

A recent study suggests vagus nerve stimulation paired with exposure therapy may produce lasting relief for people with ...

Optimal treatment for patients with co-occurring PTSD and fibromyalgia requires coordinated, multidisciplinary care.

Early treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder for younger veterans may decrease the risk of developing insulin-dependent diabetes and lower the odds of an earlier death, a recently released study ...

In previous studies, Yale researchers found that in people diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the amygdala—an area of the brain associated with emotional processing—reacts less ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs said Tuesday it was launching a trial review on the safety and efficacy of methylenedioxymethamphetamine, or MDMA, assisted therapy for post-traumatic stress ...

An innovative study, published in Nature Communications, reveals the mechanism behind two seemingly contradictory effects of fear memories: the inability to forget yet the difficulty to recall. Led by ...

PTSD is a relatively common mental health disorder that often requires multi-modal treatment. One adjunctive treatment is ...

In the years following his 9/11 search and recovery efforts at Ground Zero, Richard Roeill pushed aside his own emotions to continue his job as a steelworker and volunteer firefighter with the Merrick ...

The University of North Carolina is tapping Google's Verily Life Sciences and MindStrong (the company for which Dr. Thomas Insell recently left Verily) for an ambitious 19-site study of post-traumatic ...

A rare approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of a study of cannabis, which will focus on veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, could one day provide a boost to the cannabis ...