New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London, published in The ...

Post-traumatic stress, which is estimated to afflict one in five veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars alone, is typically diagnosed through behavioral screenings and is often considered a "soft" ...

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Before Fred Kalfon began exercising at the Grey Team veterans center a couple months ago, the 81-year-old rarely left his Florida home. Parkinson’s disease, an inner ear ...

The traditional line of thought is that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is caused by directly experiencing the traumatic event. However, about 10 percent of diagnosed PTSD occurs when people ...

PTSD, or post-traumatic stress disorder, doesn't discriminate. It affects about 15 million adults in the U.S. each year. And more than half of the people with PTSD are left with a severely impaired ...

Canine Companions, a service dog company, will announce new technology this week that enables trained canines to perform tasks, such as tamping down anxiety and interrupting nightmares, after ...

Healthcare professionals diagnose PTSD using a combination of screening tools, interviews, and questionnaires. Mental health professionals use the DSM-5 criteria to diagnose PTSD. It includes eight ...

Women are twice as likely as men to develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)—and new research may offer a biological ...