PTSD

Young Vets With PTSD More Prone to Heart Risk Factors

Researcher suspects mental health issues may lead to unhealthy habits TUESDAY, Aug. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts who have mental health problems such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are also at higher risk for having cardiovascular disea...

Poor Health Linked to PTSD Risk Among Vets

Risk highest for those with low mental and physical scores, study says FRIDAY, April 17 (HealthDay News) -- Military personnel who have poor mental or physical health before they go into combat are more likely to experience post-traumatic stress disorder following their battlefield ex...

Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) Concerned by Stigma of PTSD and Mental Illness in Military

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to recently released information, Wounded Warrior Project again cited their grave concerns with the manner in which mental health and PTSD are perceived and dealt with within the military. One specific article on Salon.com highlighted ...

Veterans Day: New PTSD Brochure - 'Transmission of Trauma' Can Span Generations

ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For Veterans Day, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has released a new 14-page brochure on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), treatment and recovery. It is available on line at http://www.nami.org/PTSD and is intended to he...

Whether combat or peacekeeping, PTSD impacts veterans' well-being

Deployed peacekeeping veterans with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have significant impairments in health-related quality of life according to research by Dr. J. Donald Richardson of The University of Western Ontario and his co-investigators. The research, published this month in the Ca...

VA's National PTSD Center Deputy Honored

Ladies Home Journal Cites Work with Women Veterans WASHINGTON, July 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dr. Paula Schnurr, deputy executive director for VA's National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), received the 3rd annual Ladies Home Journal "Health Breakthrough Award" for her w...

Geisinger study: PTSD causes early death from heart disease

DANVILLE, PA Vietnam veterans who experienced posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were twice as likely to die from heart disease as veterans without PTSD, a new Geisinger study finds. In a study published in the July issue of Psychosomatic Medicine, Geisinger Senior Investigator Joseph Bosc...

1 in 8 Lower Manhattan residents had signs of PTSD 2 to 3 years after 9/11

For many residents of Lower Manhattan, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, had lasting psychological consequences. New findings, released today by the Health Department's World Trade Center Health Registry, show that one in eight Lower Manhattan residents likely had posttraumatic stress d...

Depression, PTSD Common Among Lung Transplant Patient Caregivers

They're 4 to 5 times more likely to suffer symptoms, but trained counselors could help SUNDAY, May 18 (HealthDay News) -- Caregivers of deceased lung transplant patients are four to five times more likely to suffer symptoms of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) than t...

Depression and PTSD symptoms in caregivers of lung transplant patients

ATS 2008, TORONTOSymptoms of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among caregivers of deceased lung transplant patients are four-to-five times more prevalent than in the average population, according to researchers who analyzed the stress levels of caregivers, as well as their perc...

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PTSD in Medical Technology

PTSD Associated With Higher Alzheimer's/Dementia Risk; Moderate Alcohol Consumption May Lower it

...ng Alzheimer's disease," Jackson added. ptsd Linked to Nearly Double Dementia Risk in Veterans ...unction. However, no study has yet investigated if ptsd increases the risk of developing dementia. ...ical Center, and colleagues sought to determine if ptsd is associated with risk of developing dementia amo...

Secretary Reinforces VA's Commitment to Research Safety and Veteran Focus

...od and Drug Administration (FDA). "Veterans with ptsd are more likely to be heavy smokers and are only half as likely to quit as are smokers without ptsd in the general population and smoking kills," Peak...ssation study within 30 days; -- A review of all ptsd drug protocols in the VA system within 45 days; ...

VA Statement on Smoking Cessation Research Program

...etter health care methods for our veterans. In our ptsd and smoking cessation study, our research is to le... when smoking cessation treatment is combined with ptsd therapy, or whether the two therapies are more eff... these payments was entirely incorrect. Treating ptsd is very important to VA and to veterans, and smoki...

American Legion Anticipates Institute of Medicine Report on Gulf War Veterans

...th remarkably few casualties. Most troops were not in combat areas and did not experience serious trauma. As a result, relatively few were affected by ptsd or other psychiatric conditions. The 1991 Gulf War gave rise to a different type of health problem, however. About 25 percent of Gulf War veterans h...

Mitchell, Military TBI Task Force Highlight the Importance of Traumatic Brain Injury Research; Mitchell Endorses Ground Breaking Traumatic Brain Injury Study

...of our troops home alive, but they are suffering from combat-related TBI or ptsd in greater numbers than in past wars. We owe it to them to invest in this k... provides $600 million more than the President's request for mental health, ptsd and Traumatic Brain Injury and makes five polytrauma centers and three Cent...

PTSD in Medical Dictionary

Traumatic event

...e, support, and a ... There are a number of traumatic events connected to PTSD. ... Just experiencing a traumatic event does not mean that ptsd will definitely develop. ... ... health disorders, but also on reactions to national crises and traumatic events . ... Coping With a Traumatic...

Trauma

...s; ... Trauma Treatment & Outcome Research. Biological Measures & ptsd Treatment. SEM studies on ptsd ... Causes, Symptoms, Effects, and Treatments to Emotional and Psycholo...

Adolescents

...ted that between 4 and 8 percent of adolescents are depressed. ... Effect of antidepressants on suicide risk in children and adolescents ... ptsd in Children and Adolescents Jessica Hamblen, Ph.D. The diagnosis of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) was formally recognized as a psychiatric ...

PTSD in Biological News

Hormone levels contribute to stress resilience

...y experienced by soldiers, police, and firefighters. Dr. Charles A. Morgan III and his colleagues from Yale University and the VA National Center for ptsd have worked closely with collaborators at the Special Forces Underwater Warfare Operations Center to study special operations soldiers enrolled in the...

NARSAD announces 2008 Prizes for Outstanding Achievement in Research on Mental Health Disorders

... record level of grants, supporting 799 scientists who are conducting clinical and basic research relating to depression, anxiety disorders, including ptsd and OCD, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, childhood mental disorders, including autism and ADHD, and many other conditions. Preceding the awards ga...

Healthy Minds Across America features 48 public forums on mental health research, Sept. 14

...th: Identifying teens at risk for anxiety, depression and schizophrenia; Autism: Possible causes of autism and personalized treatment approaches; ptsd in our communities: The possibility of recovering from traumatic events; Depression: Risk factors for depression across the life cycle, the safety o...

Asthma link to post-traumatic stress disorder, says Mailman School of Public Health study

...a suggests that the association between asthma and ptsd is not primarily explained by common genetic influ... among all twins, those who suffered from the most ptsd symptoms were 2.3 times as likely to have asthma compared with those who suffered from the least ptsd symptoms. The study included both identical twi...

How 'hot' emotional brain interferes with 'cool' processing

...evelopment of new drugs to alleviate, for example, the haunting memories of ptsd sufferers will be aided by the fMRI technique the researchers developed to ...ain imaging and neuropsychological and psychiatric techniques to understand ptsd and related disorders. ...

PTSD in Biological Technology

MUSC's Kilpatrick to Address Congress Regarding PTSD Care

Renowned Psychologist Reports Problems in VA System for Veterans with PTSD CHARLESTON, S.C., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dean Kilpatrick, Ph.D., MUSC distinguished university professor and director of the National Crime Victim's Research and Treatment Center at MUSC's Institute of Psychi...

Top 10 Cognitive Fitness Events of 2008 to be Unveiled at SharpBrains' Webinar

...hes a new policy requiring cognitive screenings of all soldiers before deployment (in order to better diagnose potential brain-based disorders such as ptsd and TBI upon return). 6) June: Lumos Labs secures $3m investment from FirstMark Capital and Norwest Venture Partners. 7) July: health insurer OptumH...