Post-traumatic stress disorder is usually framed as a psychological wound, but a growing body of evidence suggests it can also speed up how quickly the brain itself appears to age. Instead of ...

Veterans who smoke marijuana to cope with post-traumatic stress disorder may be onto something. There's growing evidence that pot can affect brain circuits involved in PTSD. Experiments in ...

When the siren sounds, people do not pause to analyze the situation. Parents grab their children, soldiers move toward protective cover, and civilians instinctively calculate the fastest path to ...

For researcher Lynnette Averill, the quest to find a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is deeply personal. Averill's father served as an enlisted infantryman with the U.S. Marine ...

Experiencing a traumatic event often results in an acute stress response and the lingering memory may lead to mental and physical changes that negatively impact one's health. This is often diagnosed ...

"The drama and the trauma of the relationship you have when you're 16 can mirror the one you have when you're 26. Life repeats itself." —Taylor Swift Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a ...