More articles about: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Sleep and mental health are closely related to one another. Good sleep can support positive mental health while poor sleep can lead to mental illness. Michigan Medicine experts share simple sleep tips that anyone can follow to improve their physical and mental wellbeing.

Understand the relationship between anxiety and suicidality.

Recently, interest in psychedelic research has seen a resurgence, strengthened by better designed and controlled clinical trials and the use of neuroimaging, examining psychedelics' potential therapeutic use for PTSD, addiction, anxiety, and depression. On today’s episode, we talk with Dr. George Mashour, professor of anesthesiology and pharmacology and founder of the Michigan Psychedelic Center about using rigorous scientific methods to unlock the mysteries of psychedelics and investigate their potential as therapeutics.

Learn how to apply the diagnostic criteria of major anxiety disorders including generalized anxiety, separation anxiety, panic attacks, OCD, specific phobias, PTSD, and unspecified anxiety. Determine age-appropriate screening tools for anxiety disorders.

In this episode, Matt and Lauren speak with Drs. Elizabeth Frankenberg at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duncan Thomas at Duke University about their research which focuses on understanding how survival and physical health evolve after exposure to large scale shocks like the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami. They will specifically speak about the STAR Study and what they’re learning about long-term effects on cognitive outcomes.

Ketamine, whether given as an IV, a nasal spray or sublingual, may harm a developing fetus, but a study shows clinics vary greatly in handling patients who could become pregnant during treatment.

For people with mental health conditions, whether diagnosed or not, easy firearm access during a crisis can be dangerous. There experts offer tips for how to reduce the risk.

Recent developments represent a dramatic change from long standing federal policy around these substances that has historically criminalized their use and blocked or delayed research efforts into their therapeutic potential.

Post-traumatic stress worse among Mexican American caregivers compared to white caregivers.

Alone. Scared. Never knowing who to trust or where to turn for help. That’s how Kade Fitzgerald of Jackson, Michigan lived the first 32 years of his life. Assigned female at birth, Kade knew at age 6 that he was meant to be a man.

Memories of trauma are unique because of how brains and bodies respond to threat.