Category Archives: PTSD

The Brain Can Get Sick Too

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What Are Anxiety Disorders?

Anxiety disorders are the commonest psychiatric illnesses globally. There is no test for anxiety disorders like panic disorder, PTSD,OCD or social anxiety disorder and the diagnosis is based on a good history and examination. The signs and symptoms of anxiety disorders are often missed or explained away. Anxiety disorders are also commonly comorbid with other […]

Back from the brink: Service dog is 'lifeline' for PTSD vet (News …

News10ABC – News10.Net March 27, 2013. C. Johnson. An Iraq veteran who made it home OK but suffered for years afterward from his war experiences credits a service dog with saving him. “I was helpless, emotionally set down and I had …

PTSD & Sleep: Nightmares & Treatment – National Sleep Foundation

Nightmares in PTSD by Meir H. Kryger, M.D.. The stories are eerily similar. The patient awakens from a terrifying recurrent dream, sweating, heart beating fast, and often unable to fall sleep again that night. Some are elderly …

Neologism | Encyclopedia of Psychology – Psych Central

View post –  Neologism | Encyclopedia of Psychology – Psych Central