Category Archives: Research

Navy Wants Smartphone App To Diagnose PTSD, TBI |

Officials with the Office of Naval Research are supporting the development of a smartphone application that may help to screen for autism in children — and, down the road, may identify symptoms of post-traumatic stress …

Clinton to Unveil Autism Plan, Remove Stigma on Mental Illness

At the same town hall, Clinton also talked about the need to remove the stigma from mental illnesses and enforce mental health parity law after the mother of a 16-year-old boy with mental illness in an in-patient program told …

Rachel Yehuda Investigates the Biological Roots of PTSD – Nautilus

Although post-traumatic stress disorder is an established diagnosis in psychology, and stressed combat veterans are a cliché in Hollywood, it wasn't long ago when PTSD wasn't well understood at all. “There was a time when …

Study Finds MDMA Helps PTSD Victims | Your News Wire

“Given that reported improvements in PTSD symptoms following MDMA-assisted psychotherapy last for years after the intervention, we hypothesized that acute MDMA affects fear learning and molecular memory processes …

Mental health now area of most public concern within NHS | Society …

Mental health has become the area of NHS and social care the public most worry about and want improved, with delays in getting treatment and too little support for people in need their main concerns. Inadequate support for …