Whereas someone may develop PTSD after a single traumatic event, like an assault, CPTSD can occur with repeated trauma, such as child abuse.

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that can happen after a person experiences a traumatic event, causing them to feel fearful, shocked, or helpless. It can have ...

A meta-analysis finds that trauma-based psychological treatments are more effective than usual care in reducing depressive symptoms in older adults with PTSD.

The use of PTSD as a foundation for the insanity defense is rare. Yet, there is a high prevalence of debilitating trauma and posttraumatic stress symptoms among criminal offenders, both men and women.

A comparatively quick treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, in which a patient writes about traumatic experiences in five supervised 30-minute sessions, is as effective as the therapies most ...

With the rate of trauma-related anxiety disorders in college students more than doubling recently, colleges are ramping up an array of mental health services. Diagnoses of post-traumatic stress ...

When combined with PTSD and mild TBI, low-level blast exposure is associated with cognitive outcomes in military personnel.

This post is in response to C-PTSD: What Is Complex PTSD? By Shauna H Springer Ph.D. Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD) is often characterized by a pervasive and frequently debilitating ...

Autism and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) share some symptoms. Sometimes, people may mistake one for the other. It is also possible for people to be autistic and have PTSD, too. In fact, some ...

Last year, for the first time, the Veterans Administration announced it would begin funding its own clinical trials to treat post traumatic stress disorder, depression and addiction, using two ...