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Science News about Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- PTSD Treatment Efforts for Returning War Veterans to be Evaluated
- September 30, 2009 • Science Update
Joan Cook, Ph.D., of Yale University and colleagues have been awarded funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to evaluate the implementation of two evidence-based psychotherapies for treating post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among veterans. The grant addresses the NIH Challenge Grant topic “Strategies to Support Uptake of Interventions within Clinical Community and Settings.” - Expert Panel Addresses High Rates of Smoking in People with Psychiatric Disorders
- February 18, 2009 • Science Update
Numerous biological, psychological, and social factors are likely to play a role in the high rates of smoking in people with psychiatric disorders, according to the report of an expert panel convened by the National Institute of Mental Health. The report reviews current literature and identifies research needed to clarify these factors and their interactions, and to improve treatment aimed at reducing the rates of illness and mortality from smoking in this population. - Consortium Moves Quickly to Study Resilience Following Hurricane Ike
- December 31, 2008 • Science Update
A consortium of research programs funded by NIMH to conduct post-disaster mental health research mobilized this year following hurricane Ike to study the factors that influence resilience after disasters. - Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Women Returning from Combat
- December 08, 2008 • Press Release
In December 2008, the Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR) organized and co-sponsored a meeting on Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Women Returning from Combat in Washington, D.C. with support from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Women’s Mental Health Team as well as DynCorp International, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, and Magellan Health Services, Inc. - Virtual Reality, Psychotherapy, Show Promise in Treating PTSD Symptoms; Civilian Access to Care Remains a Concern
- May 07, 2008 • Science Update
WASHINGTON, DC, May 7 — Early data from an NIMH-sponsored double-blind study of 24 war veterans shows a marked reduction in acoustic startle — the reflex response to sudden loud sounds — in those treated with virtual reality exposure therapy combined with either d-cycloserine, an antibiotic that has been shown to facilitate the extinction of fear memories; pill placebo; or the anti-anxiety medication alprazolam (Xanax). - Past Child Abuse Plus Variations in Gene Result in Potent PTSD Risk for Adults
- March 18, 2008 • Science Update
A traumatic event is much more likely to result in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults who experienced trauma in childhood – but certain gene variations raise the risk considerably if the childhood trauma involved physical or sexual abuse, scientists have found. The research was conducted with funding from the National Institute of Mental Health, which is part of the National Institutes of Health, and others. - Mental Disorders Persist Among Hurricane Katrina Survivors
- January 24, 2008 • Science Update
More residents affected by Hurricane Katrina are enduring mental disorders than was initially determined a few months after the storm, according to a study published online January 8, 2008, in the journal Molecular Psychiatry. The trend runs counter to the typical pattern of recovery after a natural disaster, in which the prevalence of mental disorders among the survivors gradually decreases and fades out after about two years. - Research-based Principles May Help Improve Mental Health Recovery Following Mass Trauma
- January 14, 2008 • Science Update
Experts on trauma-related research and medical practices from around the world recently identified five principles to guide mental health care efforts immediately or shortly after a mass trauma, such as a natural disaster or terrorist attack. In a related commentary, NIMH scientist Farris Tuma, Sc.D., MHS, discusses how these principles may help determine effective mental health care for large numbers of people following an emergency, and how best to deliver it. The article and commentary were published in the Winter 2007 issue of Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes. - Memory-sustaining Enzyme May Help Treat PTSD, Cognitive Decline
- November 02, 2007 • Science Update
Chemically blocking an enzyme in a specific area in the brain’s cortex, or outer mantle, erased a long-term memory of an aversive event that rats had learned, a study funded in part by NIMH has found. - Internet-based PTSD Therapy May Help Overcome Barriers to Care
- November 01, 2007 • Science Update
NIMH-funded researchers recently completed a pilot study showing that an Internet-based, self-managed cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can help reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression, with effects that last after treatment has ended. - Stress: Brain Yields Clues About Why Some Succumb While Others Prevail
- October 18, 2007 • Press Release
Results of a new study may one day help scientists learn how to enhance a naturally occurring mechanism in the brain that promotes resilience to psychological stress. - Half of Adults With Anxiety Disorders Had Psychiatric Diagnoses in Youth
- February 07, 2007 • Science Update
About half of adults with an anxiety disorder had symptoms of some type of psychiatric illness by age 15, a NIMH-funded study shows. - History of Childhood Abuse or Neglect Increases Risk of Major Depression
- January 03, 2007 • Science Update
People who were abused or neglected as children have increased risk of major depression, which often begins in childhood and has lingering effects as they mature, according to a study funded by NIMH. - PTSD, Depression Epidemic Among Cambodian Immigrants
- August 02, 2005 • Press Release
More than two decades after they fled the Khmer Rouge reign of terror, most Cambodian refugees who resettled in the United States remain traumatized, a study funded by the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) has found. - Rat Brain’s Executive Hub Quells Alarm Center if Stress is Controllable
- February 11, 2005 • Press Release
Treatments for mood and anxiety disorders are thought to work, in part, by helping patients control the stresses in their lives.
