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- Terror, Trauma, and Employees
- On the day of the terrorist attacks, the normal defense mechanisms that we use to minimize the impact of terrible news and events were overwhelmed. Normally, we could have told ourselves that terrorist attacks happen to other people in other places. Normal defense mechanisms, however, do not work when terrorism...
- White papers 2001-01-01
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- Cognitive vaccine: using Tetris to fight PTSD
- Exposure to traumatic events can often come back to haunt people. Violent crime, car crashes, warfare: all of these bring with them the specter of long term psychiatric issues due to post-traumatic stress. Now a new study suggests that Tetris—yes, that Tetris—might be able to help with that problem. On...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Longitudinal MRI Study of Hippocampal Volume in Trauma Survivors With PTSD
- This paper prospectively explored whether a reduction in the volume of the hippocampus occurs in recent trauma survivors who develop posttraumatic stress disorder PTSD. Smaller hippocampal volume is not a necessary risk factor for developing PTSD and does not occur within 6 months of expressing the disorder. This brain abnormality...
- White papers 2001-08-01
- Yale faculty to direct $6.9 million VA study of PTSD.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-8 September 2005-YALE UNIVERSITY: Yale faculty to direct $6.9 million VA study of PTSDC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:08092005 New Haven, Conn. -- Yale School of Medicine will direct a $6.9 million nationwide study into the effectiveness of an anti-psychotic medication...
- Research articles 2005-09-08
- [beta]2-nAChR Availability in PTSD
- In an article e-published on January 11 ahead of print in the International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, Czermak et al. from the Yale University School of Medicine (New Haven, CT) and the Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System West Haven reported on a study of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors containing β2 subunits (β2-nAChRs)...
- Research articles 2008-03-01
- PTSD care at Carson at issue
- A group of senators Thursday called for an investigation of Fort Carson's mental-health programs in a letter that alleges soldiers with PTSD have faced discrimination and have been unfairly discharged. At issue is whether wardriven mental illness such as post- traumatic stress disorder in some soldiers led...
- Research articles 2007-04-20
- PET and PTSD
- In an article e-published on July 31 ahead of print in Molecular Psychiatry, Geuze et al. from The Netherlands Ministry of Defense Utrecht and the Utrecht University Medical Centre reported on an 11C-flumazenil PET study assessing benzodiazepine 7-aminobutyric acid (GABA[A]) receptors in the prefrontal cortices of veterans with and without...
- Research articles 2007-10-01
- MUSC's Kilpatrick to Address Congress Regarding PTSD Care
- To: HEALTH EDITORS Contact: Heather Woolwine of The Medical University of South Carolina, +1-843-792-7669, woolwinh@musc.edu, or PGR: Dial 843-792- 0590 (ID : 12878) 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...
- Research articles 2008-02-26
- Planned Systems International Supports DoD and VA Mission to Treat Soldiers with PTSD and TBI
- FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- Planned Systems International, Inc. PSI, a leading provider of information technology IT solutions and services to the federal government, is involved in three major initiatives...
- Research articles 2009-04-03
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Making a Difference Today
- Experiencing or witnessing a crime, battle, or terrorist attack, or being a victim of sexual abuse, can lead to a form of stress that can last a lifetime. Termed post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, the condition afflicts 5.2 million Americans aged 18 to 54 each year. Its social and economic...
- White papers 2004-04-01
- SERTRALINE.
- Pfizer Inc. has received FDA approval for the use of its antidepressant drug Zoloft sertraline in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD. According to Pfizer, ... Pfizer Inc. has received FDA approval for the use of its antidepressant drug Zoloft sertraline in the...
- Research articles 1999-12-13
- Widely-used stress disorder drug not effective: US study
- SAN FRANCISCO AFP — A drug prescribed to treat symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD is ineffective and causes troubling side effects, according to a US study released. Guanfacine, a medication used for decades to treat high blood pressure, has previously been shown anecdotally to help with symptoms of PTSD....
- Research articles 2006-12-01
- Your Health.(Health & Fitness)
- A deadly toll: Post-traumatic stress disorder can be deadly. A new study found U.S. Army veterans who suffered PTSD were twice as likely to die - from any cause - compared to other veterans. Dr. Joseph Boscarino of the Mt. Sinai School...
- Research articles 2005-09-19
- Alpha Company hit hard by post-traumatic stress
- Of all the things that Alpha Company has had to struggle with since it came home from Iraq, the most pervasive may be post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. Of the 126 veterans interviewed or surveyed by The Inquirer, almost half - 46 percent - said they had been treated for...
- Research articles 2008-03-09
- Time to face new realities
- New, compensable conditions enter the workers' compensation system from time to time, yet one millennia old condition is still not adequately accepted: post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. Until it is, our workers' comp system serves as a doubtful shield against the ravages of PTSD. How individuals respond to...
- Research articles 2003-10-15
- The Slaughter at Fort Hood Is Not About One Individual
- We Have Been Driving Our Soldiers to a Breaking Point The Ft. Hood massacre is not about one soldier suddenly "snapping."And whether Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was a devout Muslim or not is of little importance. This tragedy calls attention to the fact that as we send young men and...
- News items 2009-11-07
- How Flexibility Can Help As You Avoid Legal Hassles
- The article states the fact that the wall street firms do have to comply with laws that protect employees, such as the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 FMLA and possibly the Americans with Disabilities Act ADA. The FMLA requires companies to provide up to twelve weeks of unpaid,...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Smaller Hippocampal Volume Predicts Pathologic Vulnerability to Psychological Trauma
- In animals, exposure to severe stress can damage the hippocampus. Recent human studies show smaller hippocampal volume in individuals with the stress-related psychiatric condition posttraumatic stress disorder PTSD. Does this represent the neurotoxic effect of trauma, or is smaller hippocampal volume a pre-existing condition that renders the brain more vulnerable...
- White papers 2002-10-07
- Traumatic Brain Injury in Iraq War Veterans Explored by MIT's Technology Review Magazine
- A High Number of Soldiers Are Suffering from TBI with No Known Cure, Further Complicated by Symptoms That Overlap with PTSD, Leading to Mistaken Diagnosis
- Research articles 2008-04-28
- Events of Sept. 11 still haunt Pentagon workers, WTC rescuers
- A sizable minority of Pentagon workers and Ground Zero cleanup crew still have post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD and depression symptoms after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and many are not getting treatment, suggest reports out Monday. Workers who were injured at the Pentagon and those who saw the injured...
- Research articles 2004-05-04
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