PTSD Screening Test

Following up my previous post about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) treatments, this is brief but scientifically validated screening test for PTSD (from Prins et. al.) In your life, have you ever had any experience that was so frightening, horrible or upsetting that, in the past month, you… Have had nightmares about it or thought […]

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Post Traumatic Stress

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is estimated to affect about 7% of Americans, and about 15-20% of Americans deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq. It’s a brain disorder, not a psychological problem. But psychology originates in the brain, so it turns out the best treatment for PTSD is a psychological one – psychotherapy. PTSD starts with, […]

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