Month: November 2015

'Medical ecstasy' helping war veterans with PTSD – WMBF News

After seeing a snippet on the news, Hardin's girlfriend pushed him to reach out about an experimental treatment being studied for PTSD, one that involved MDMA – the pure form of a party drug known as ecstasy or 'molly' that …

UW neuroscientists describe brain chemicals that create PTSD …

A new study by University of Wisconsin-Madison neuroscientists shows how stress chemicals reshape the brains of rodents, research that could lead to better treatments for people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

New paper: Error Monitoring is intact in PTSD | CNE Lab

Less is known about the error monitoring system in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD is characterized by impairments in the regulation of fear and other emotional responses, as well as deficits in maintaining …

Borderline Personality Disorder: Facts vs. Myths | World of Psychology

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a serious psychiatric condition marked by a pattern of unstable and stormy relationships, an unformed sense of identity, chronic feelings of emptiness and boredom, unstable moods, …

This Treatment Beats Light Therapy for Seasonal Affective Disorder …

The talk therapy was cognitive behavioral therapy, a treatment approach that taught people to challenge negative thoughts about dark winter months and to avoid behaviors, such as social isolation, that can harm mood.