Category Archives: PTSD

Adults with Schizophrenia at Greater Risk of Premature Death …

Adults with schizophrenia are 3.5 times more likely to die prematurely, particularly from cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, compared to the average.

Pastoral PTSD – The Aquila Report

Pastoral PTSD. Pastors who have been through the fire, the storm, and the hard fought battles will often come down with Pastoral Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Written by J.A. Medders | Sunday, November 1, 2015. Not surprisingly, this …

Schizophrenia | Encyclopedia of Psychology – Psych Central

Schizophrenia is a chronic debilitating mental disorder characterized by psychotic (positive) symptoms, such as delusions, hallucinations, paranoia and disordered thinking, as well as more subtle (negative) symptoms, such …

Learning to Understand My Brother's Schizophrenia | Psych Central

Learning to Understand My Brother's Schizophrenia. By Brittany Green ~ 4 min read. A few years ago, my mother called the police when my brother said he had the desire to kill himself. He'd been admitted to a mental hospital …

Video games are pretty lazy in their portrayal of PTSD – Engadget

It's reported that one in three troops returning home from war are being diagnosed with post-traumatic stress symptoms. If you look at video games, those numbers are probably exponentially higher considering the events …