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Tel Aviv University launches a National PTSD Clinic for civilians and soldiers

Tel Aviv University launches a National PTSD Clinic for civilians and soldiers   The Clinic, one of Israel’s largest public mental health facilities, will be operated by TAU’s National Center for Traumatic Stress and Resilience, which brings together

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Motor Neuron Medication May Assist in Treatment of PTSD | Psychiatric Times

A recent study found riluzole may effectively combat hyperarousal symptoms in combat veterans with PTSD.

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Why You Can't Think Your Way Out of Trauma | Psychology Today

Feeling stuck in talk therapy? Learning to listen the body's wisdom can make all the difference in the world.

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Prepare for the Ultimate Gaslighting* - Forge

*Gaslighting, if you don’t know the word, is defined as manipulation into doubting your own sanity; as in, Carl made Mary think she was crazy, even though she clearly caught him cheating. He gaslit…

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UNPACKED - Treating PTSD with MDMA

UNPACKED – Treating PTSD with MDMA This week, Unpacked explains why the street drug MDMA, often found in Ecstasy or Molly, might just hold the key to helping sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It might seem a crazy – or even c

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Can Trauma Really Be 'Stored' In The Body?

Could unprocessed trauma actually get "stored" in the body? And could some sort of physical stimulus or touch help release it? Here's what the experts say.

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Trauma Effects the Brain of Survivors and Their Offspring

The inhumanity and cruelty of the Holocaust can not be overstated, and a new European study reports that holocaust survivors have dealt with lifelong negative changes to their brain structures.

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Resistance training helps sleep and anxiety in those with PTSD

A new study provides preliminary evidence that high-intensity resistance training can improve sleep quality and anxiety in adults with post-traumatic ...

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MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD shows good results in studies

MDMA, more commonly known as ecstasy, can safely enhance the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder when it is used in a clinical setting alongside ...

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The new plan to prevent veteran suicides: new grants, better research, more community focus

The president will sign a new executive order on Tuesday creating a task force with a deadline of one year for aggressive new solutions to the problem.

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Zap: How Electric Therapy Is Curing Navy SEALs of PTSD … And Could Remake Brain Science - Defense One

Hundreds of vets have tried out an experimental new treatment that could change how the world addresses mental disorders.

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The scientific process to heal any emotional trauma

It’s important to note that when it comes to healing suppressed pain or emotional trauma, you don’t have to sit on someone’s couch and re-hash the past.

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5 Ways to Heal the Traumatized Brain (Part 4)

“Someone who has experienced trauma also has gifts to offer all of us- in their depth, in their knowledge of our universal vulnerability, and their experience of the power of compassion.”- Sharon Salzberg What a week. You’d...

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Awake Under Anesthesia | The New Yorker

Joshua Rothman reviews Kate Cole-Adams’s book “Anesthesia: The Gift of Oblivion and the Mystery of Consciousness.”

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Sexual Assault And Harassment May Affect Women's Health For Years

In a small study of middle-aged women, a history of sexual assault and workplace harassment was linked to health problems like hypertension, sleeplessness and depression.

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Can Be Contagious - Scientific American

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

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First PTSD Study During Warfare By Israeli Researchers Provides Early Symptom Indicators | Health News

Joint research by the University of Haifa and Natal during Operation Protective Edge in 2014 looked at reactions and experiences as the conflict unfolded.

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Eating Disorders, Trauma and PTSD - Part 2 | Psychology Today

Eating disorders and trauma are integrally connected. Learn more about this connection in this article and what you can do about it.

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What Makes Complex Trauma So Complex?

"Complex trauma" is a term increasingly used to describe multiple instances of trauma, the effects of which are cumulative and experienced over time.

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Peter Levine - Building Resiliency in You, Relationships, & Kids

One of the most important things that you can develop in your life, and in your relationship, is your resilience - the way that you bounce back from the challenges that life throws your way. How do you recover in a way that leaves you even stronger, more

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Israeli specialists provide post-trauma training to Parkland community members | Fox News

The Israel Trauma Coalition arrived in Broward County this week and has been holding training sessions for community members, specifically aimed at teachers, counselors, clinicians, clergy, social organizations and first responders.

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Somatic Experiencing Trauma Treatment for Quality of Life and Health

Abstract Background: Individuals who treat trauma are at significant risk of vicarious traumatization and burnout. Somatic Experiencing® (SE) is a resiliency-focused trauma treatment modality designed to address health and mental health symptoms impacted

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Trauma travels through generations

Untangling ourselves from the trauma of previous generations is not always easy, but it’s worth it

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Free Podcast on Epigenetics with Rachel Yehuda

Great talk with Rachel Yehuda on epigenetics and how trauma impacts our bodies, brains, and how it gets passed on AND how we can heal it.

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Preventing Body-Trauma Triggers During Radiation Therapy for Cancer

Somatic experiencing may ease traumatic symptoms experienced by patients during radiation therapy.

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The Essential Oil That May Help Fight PTSD

Inhaling the essential oil could help reduce the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Moral Injury in the Context of War: National Center for PTSD

Describes moral injury and its aftermath in the context of war. Explains the relationship between moral injury and PTSD and presents treatment implications.

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It Didn’t Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are

by Mark Wolynn Traumas Lost and Found The past is never dead. It’s not even past. — William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun A well-documented feature of trauma, one familiar to many, is our inability to...

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Somatic Experiencing & Massage Therapy

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Healing Trauma

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5 Important Influences Of Emotional Mimicry

Emotional communication in relationships

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When Breath Saves Life

For these veterans, healing trauma was as simple as learning how to breathe.

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Somatic Experiencing: A Body-Centered Approach to Healing Veterans' PTSD - Social Work Today

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Access Bars™ help ease PTSD symptoms with Tagit Dance

Join my FB page: https://www.facebook.com/tagitdancekeysofawareness Dotan suffers from PTSD over 25 years, Here he tells how Access Bars™ helps his insomnia,...