Concerning rates of depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anxiety among social workers have been uncovered in a new study published in the journal International Social Work.
A new study published in the journal International Social Work has uncovered concerning rates of depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anxiety among social workers.
Although current research indicates that alcohol use disorder is a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, further study is needed to determine how alcohol use disorder affects the pathophysiology of the illness
It's clear that chronic stress can impact our behaviour, leading to problems like depression, reduced interest in things that previously brought us pleasure, and even PTSD.
Researchers found that neuroimaging technology has great promise in assisting clinicians in the identification of specific symptoms of mental health disorders that are associated with abnormal patterns of brain activity.
There is new evidence that a 50-year-old blood pressure drug could find a new purpose as a treatment to mitigate the often life-altering effects of increasingly prevalent PTSD, scientists say.
According to a study published in the journal 'Molecular Psychiatry', Clonidine, a drug commonly used to treat high blood pressure could help ward off PTSD.
Until now, no one has studied the concurrent impact of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), and genetic risk factors in a large cohort.
A remote fear memory is a memory of traumatic events that occurred in the distant past, a few months to decades ago. A University of California, Riverside, mouse study published in Nature Neuroscience has now spelt out the fundamental mechanisms by which the brain consolidates remote fear me
Researchers found that PTSD, TBI, and the e4 variant of the APOE gene exhibited high links with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in a study of Veterans conducted by Dr. Mark Logue, a statistician in the National Center for PTSD at the VA Boston Healthcare System (ADRD).
Researchers concluded that PTSD, TBI, and a specific variant of the APOE gene showed strong associations with Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias (ADRD).