Post-traumatic stress disorder is usually framed as a psychological wound, but a growing body of evidence suggests it can also speed up how quickly the brain itself appears to age. Instead of simply ...

"For many people with PTSD, they simply aren't enough, " Averill told Live Science. Consequently, Averill is one of a group of researchers who are exploring a new potential avenue for treating PTSD: ...

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is not only characterized by strongly encoded traumatic memories, but also by disrupted coordination across brain networks. New research shows that treatment with ...

In 2023, Australia became the first country in the world to allow health-care professionals to use a psychedelic drug to ...

Veterans who smoke marijuana to cope with post-traumatic stress disorder may be onto something. There's growing evidence that pot can affect brain circuits involved in PTSD. Experiments in animals ...

Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have found that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may be linked to accelerated brain aging among World Trade Center (WTC) responders ...

Traumatic brain injury is associated with a significantly increased longitudinal risk for mental health conditions, highlighting the need for early and continuous psychological screening to inform ...