Given the prevalence of trauma among those with addiction, it is imperative that addictions counselors effectively implement ...

Behavioural genetics is the interdisciplinary effort to establish causal links between genes and animal (including human) behavioural traits and neural mechanisms. Methods used include twin ...

Psychodynamic therapy goes beyond symptom reduction. For acute or chronic trauma, psychodynamic therapy has unique benefits ...

I am a 59-year-old recluse with post-traumatic stress disorder. I have no living relatives and no close connections. I also have a recent cancer diagnosis. I have $900,000 in retirement accounts ...

The Allen Cognitive Level Screen (ACLS), which requires a person to do a few short stitching tasks with a string and a needle, is used to screen for dementia. It involves following instructions, using ...

The after-effects of Brody’s Oscar-winning performance were long. When asked whether he felt as though he had PTSD from the experience his response was “I do, yeah”. “I definitely had an ...

Trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy was associated with the highest reductions in pediatric PTSD, followed by EMDR, MDTs, and non-trauma-focused interventions, in that order. Pediatric ...

Opens in a new tab or window Initiating cognitive processing therapy or prolonged exposure (CPT/PE) sessions for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was associated with lower suicide risk in ...

Minipress (prazosin), a drug commonly used to treat high blood pressure and urinary retention, has been shown in some studies to be safe and effective in managing nightmares and sleep disturbances in ...

However, some people experience prolonged grief disorder, a condition newly recognized in psychiatry’s gold-standard manual, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, ...

We have entered a new era of improved and emerging biologically-based diagnostic biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and AD-related neurodegenerative disorders (ADRD) that are rapidly ...