This perspective, that PTSD is related to defective processing of emotionally laden memories 9, has led to exposure therapy, in which repeated reactivation of the traumatic memory leads to the ...

Researchers discovered distinct molecular differences in how the brain processes directly experienced versus witnessed trauma -- a finding that could lead to more targeted treatments for PTSD.

For years, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been studied primarily in people who experience trauma firsthand.

PTSD has been studied primarily in people who experience trauma firsthand, but a new Virginia Tech study shows that those who witness it can also experience brain changes. This includes military ...

Maybe you’ve seen movies or documentaries showing the horror of dead people arriving en masse in trains across the border, ...

After traumatic experiences ... this strange and apparently meaningless feeling might actually be a memory. As Annie Wright, a licensed marriage and family therapist, explained in a piece for ...

However, the evidence on whether people with high anxiety have worse long-term memory is mixed. Trauma and Memory Memory extends the reach of traumatic experiences—shocks to the system such as ...

In every case, the hippocampus had shrunk or shrivelled as if the emotional trauma had literally eaten away a part of the brain that is crucial to memory and fear. Bremner's work is one of most ...

In every case, the hippocampus had shrunk or shrivelled as if the emotional trauma had literally eaten away a part of the brain that is crucial to memory and fear. Bremner's work is one of most ...

Here are five reasons why “forgive and forget” is terrible advice for trauma survivors: 1. Forgetting Is Not Forgiving Genuine forgiveness requires memory, not its absence. If you have no ...

Both systemic racism and discrimination create conditions of economic insecurity that then exacerbate and foster a cycle of poor health and exposure to violence stemming from this systemic trauma.