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In wildfire country, PTSD is dominating burned-out communities

“It's like nothing could go back to normal.”

ByTara Yarlagadda
Detox

How more men can feel better

ByKatie MacBride
Feature

In Shakespeare, veterans find a “tower of strength”

“Shakespeare’s meter of iambic pentameter mimics the human heartbeat.”

ByStav Dimitropoulos
Mind and Body

Can MDMA treat PTSD? Latest trials confirm the benefits

In the U.S., about seven percent of people suffer from PTSD and lose an average of about four working days each month as a result.

ByC. Michael White and Adrian V. Hernandez
Mind and Body

MDMA plus therapy appears to be highly effective for treating PTSD, trial shows

Following the phase 3 trial, two-thirds of participants treated with the psychedelic no longer met the criteria for PTSD.

ByKatie MacBride
Health

MDMA Provides a "Significant Reduction" In PTSD Symptoms, According To New Study

Talk therapy, the cornerstone of PTSD treatment, doesn’t work for all patients. MDMA is changing that.

ByMiriam Fauzia
Mind and Body

The brain’s memory hub may explain why some people get PTSD and others don’t — study

In trauma’s early aftermath, changes in the hippocampus could help identify and potentially prevent PTSD from developing.

ByMiriam Fauzia
Inverse Daily

Mind games: How disasters caused by climate change are causing PTSD

The effects climate change has on the world is one thing. The effects climate change has on a person’s brain is something else entirely.

ByNick Lucchesi
Science

Strange animal behaviors reveal the “ecology of fear”

Many creatures show lasting changes in behavior and physiology after a traumatic experience.

BySharon Levy and Knowable Magazine
Inverse Daily

Shakespeare is brilliant ... at helping war veterans treat PTSD

Plus: You’re going to want to shake hands with a robot. Trust us.

ByNick Lucchesi
Mind and Body

New treatments mean PTSD isn’t a life sentence

“People can get over PTSD and get their lives back.”

ByAli Pattillo
Mind and Body

Does weed hurt or help PTSD sufferers?

A new study tests medical cannabis as an alternate way of coping with PTSD.

ByStephanie Lake and M-J Milloy
Mind and Body

Your likelihood of developing PTSD after trauma comes down to 2 risk factors

Researchers tested whether the variability in stress responses among humans could be linked to brain characteristics.

ByClaudia Lopez-Lloreda
Science

Sleep Researcher Explains Link Between Lucid Dreaming, Nightmares, and PTSD

What would happen if you could suddenly control your dreams?

ByAchilleas Pavlou
Health

Scientists Successfully Dulled Traumatic Memories Using an Anesthetic

A proof-of-concept study may be a game-changing PTSD treatment.

BySarah Sloat
Entertainment

How Netflix's 'Maniac' Can Be Explained With Real PTSD Treatment

Ok, but what about the poop-scooping robots?

ByJake Kleinman
Health

MDMA for PTSD: Here’s How to Participate in a Clinical Trial

Scientists are looking for participants in four states.

ByPeter Hess
Entertainment

DC's Next Crossover Is About the Superhero Version of Military PTSD

ByEric Francisco
Science

MDMA Successfully Treats PTSD in New Study, Scientists Eye FDA Approval

The anticipated approval date is within reach.

BySarah Sloat
Science

Doctors Treat PTSD by Letting Patients Listen to Their Own Brainwaves

By listening to their own brains, patients healed themselves.

ByPeter Hess
Culture

New York's New Marijuana Law Could Help Much More Than Troops

Huge news for thousands of people.

ByRae Paoletta
Science

Hurricane PTSD Is Real, Warns Public Health Expert in Reddit AMA

The effects of Harvey and Irma linger long after the flood.

ByYasmin Tayag
Science

Still No Proof that Pot Can Help PTSD and Pain, Say Scientists

"The scientific evidence is too limited."

BySarah Sloat
Health

Before PTSD, There Was Shell-Shock 

War trauma was once considered a sign of weakness.

ByThe Conversation
Health

Weed-Like Drug Studies Cancelled in a Huge Blow to PTSD Research

We may never know if it actually works.

ByJacqueline Ronson
Health

The PTSD Experts Are Dropping MDMA in the Hopes Ecstacy Can Overcome Fear

He got a taste of his own medicine. 

ByJacqueline Ronson
Science

Lucid Dreaming Will End PTSD When Scientists Restrain Our Wild Subconscious

Having access to our normal cognitive abilities could allow us to beat back our demons every night and turn around a public health crisis.

ByYasmin Tayag
Science

Scientists Discover Gene That Might Predict PTSD

Understanding the function of the gene SKA2 could lead to better treatments for war veterans. 

ByYasmin Tayag