The horror of combat is something many veterans live with, but a new study at UCLA is underway to see if administering mild electrical currents into the brain can reset its networks for those dealing with post-traumatic stress …
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PTSD and the DSM-5 | Mind the Brain – PLOS Blogs Network
More than thirty-five years after the 1980 recognition of PTSD in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the data are unequivocal: Today there can be no doubt about the validity of PTSD as a …
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Children | World of Psychology
The mental health community has come to understand that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be as common in children as in adults. What began as a.
Free Mental Health Care Makes Financial Sense | World of …
Often people fret about who will pay for “free” healthcare. One solution more communities should look at is a private-public partnership between the local hospital and the government. In Orange County, Florida, a mental …
Culturally Guided Family Therapy for Schizophrenia Helps …
Schizophrenia is a difficult mental illness that affects about one percent of the population in the United States. The condition is chronic, severe, and disabling often preventing an individual from living independently.