The smell of cooking meat would come to dominate Geoff’s life in the most terrifying way. He would relive the explosion “absolutely exactly” in a flashback, triggering a life-threatening panic ...

For many survivors who find the strength to leave an abusive situation, pain can linger for years, sometimes without a ...

In part one of this two-part essay on C-PTSD recovery, I established that the healing journey from C-PTSD is more like an arduous long-haul trek through Mordor than an easy stroll. Because of this, ...

The realm of mental health is complex and nuanced, and among the conditions that mystify many is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, also known as PTSD. Often wrongly associated exclusively with war ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The results highlight post-traumatic stress disorders as a modifiable risk factor for psychosis conversion. The ...

In the DSM-5 released in May, PTSD just got more complex. It added a new symptom domain of "negative alterations in cognitions or mood," and expanded the hyperarousal domain to include aggressive, ...

Women often experience mental health issues due to specific stressors they face. Common triggers include domestic violence, and the stress of caring for others.

Where constant anxiety once ran rampant, a vacuum is now in place and two years of unprocessed national trauma is pouring ...

In normal mice, after a traumatic event, the synaptic network complex and excitability of basal amygdala excitatory neurons increase, which activates the basal amygdala, facilitating the extinction of ...

As a child, Amy was often violently attacked. At 15, she was threatened with a knife. Now diagnosed with complex PTSD, she's spent over a decade isolated at home with her mum, desperately seeking help ...