With some studies suggesting that 6 to 10 percent of primary care patients are affected by post-traumatic stress disorder, consideration should be given to the role of primary care providers in PTSD ...

Introduction Previous trauma and adverse life experiences have been hypothesised to be aetiological factors for functional neurological disorder (FND) leading to the hypothesis of a ‘trauma-subtype’ ...

Although it is not a formal psychiatric diagnosis, moral injury can have deep effects on the mental health of veterans.

August 22, 2011 — A new test that screens for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) takes about 5 minutes to administer, appears to outperform other screening methods, and can be easily incorporated ...

While scrolling through TikTok, I've seen many women share their traumatic birth experiences: an emergency C-section followed by significant blood loss; a home birth turned into an ambulance ride to ...

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After serving several tours, including Afghanistan, Stephen Kelly came home in 2012 with possible traumatic brain injury (TBI) from an explosive bomb accident. Soon after his return, his wife, Kasey, ...

Autistic children and adults may be experiencing PTSD at higher rates than official diagnoses suggest, with their symptoms ...

The U.S. government has declared June 27 as PTSD Screening Day. The purpose of this day is to spread awareness about the importance of self-screening for PTSD. But screening is available year-round.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Institute of Medicine recommended on Friday that soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan be screened for post-traumatic stress disorder at least once a year and that federal ...