How does PTSD differ in the short term versus the long term? Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is a mental health condition that develops following exposure to a life-threatening event such as ...

The thousands of firefighters and other first responders on the front lines of the fires that are raging in the Los Angeles ...

Experiencing trauma can sometimes lead to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This serious mental health condition is marked by changes in mood, intrusive memories, avoidant behavior, and a ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ian H. Stanley, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (THE CONVERSATION) The ...

A new analysis of blood samples from patients with posttraumatic stress disorder reveals that the condition may be driven by ...

A new study in Biological Psychiatry has linked signs of heightened arousal and reactivity -- a core symptom of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) -- to overactivity of the locus coeruleus (LC), a ...

WOODHAVEN, Mich. -- A Michigan city is using a unique way to warn its citizens about the dangers of 4th of July fireworks around veterans suffering from Post ...

On July 7, 2016, a 25-year-old Army reservist fatally shot five Dallas officers as they escorted protesters during a Black Lives Matter protest in downtown. But that night wasn’t the first time Micah ...