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High BP drug holds promise for treating PTSD: Research
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
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.
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Stringent zero-COVID policy crushing mental well-being of Chinese citizens
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, August 25 (ANI): Beijing's unwillingness to mitigate the problems of its citizens suggests a dark future for the mental health of the country.
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Do you know particular brain reactions to traumatic stress are associated
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 31 (ANI): According to the largest prospective study, people who were exposed to potentially dangerous scenarios and who had lower hippocampal activity had more severe posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in the days and weeks that followed the event.
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Researchers investigate relation between service dogs and soldiers with PT
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 29 (ANI): In a recent investigation, characteristics and mechanisms that may underlie the mental health consequences of these interactions were examined in relation to service dogs used by American soldiers suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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Particular brain reactions to traumatic stress are associated with PTSD ri
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 27 (ANI): Results from the largest prospective study of its kind indicate that in the initial days and weeks after experiencing trauma, individuals facing potentially threatening situations who had less activity in their hippocampus developed more severe posttraumatic s
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Research shows service dogs improve lives of veterans suffering from PTSD
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 8 (ANI): The effect of service dogs on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in veterans, who may develop PTSD following stressful or traumatic events, was recently investigated by researcher Emmy van Houtert at Utrecht University.
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Study finds PTSD symptoms vary over course of menstrual cycle
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 1 (ANI): A recent study has found that women who have experienced trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms may vary over the course of the menstrual cycle.
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Study counts on hidden side effect of COVID for veterans: Feelings of pers
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Connecticut [US], April 15 (ANI): In a survey on US military veterans, a full 43.3 per cent of more than three times the number of those reporting COVID-related PTSD symptoms and five times the number of those who had contemplated suicide -- said that they have experienced positive psycholog
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Study finds Transcendental Meditation effective in reducing PTSD, sleep pr
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 19 (ANI): While many people are aware of the soothing effect meditation has for the mind, a recent study adds to the benefits it has. It suggests that the veterans with PTSD who practised the Transcendental Meditation technique showed significant reductions in PTSD sym
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1 in 3 COVID-19 patients put on ventilator experience 'extensive' PTSD sym
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], February 9 (ANI): Around 1 in 3 (35 per cent) of Covid-19 patients put on a ventilator experience "extensive symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)" after treatment, shows results of new research in the UK.
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COVID-19 deepens depression, anxiety among pregnant, postpartum women
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Boston [US], December 5 (ANI): After surveying pregnant women and those who recently gave birth, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital have found that COVID-19 related grief and health worries have exasperated the rates of depression, generalised anxiety, and post-traumatic stress di
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COVID-19 may deepen depression, anxiety, and PTSD among pregnant, postpart
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Boston [US], December 2 (ANI): In a new study published in Psychiatry Review, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital surveyed pregnant women and those who had recently given birth, finding concerning rates of depression, generalised anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) sy
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