Following the Vietnam War the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD is being given much attention. During World Wars I and II, the disorder was known as shell shock and thought to be caused by the immediate stress of battle. The cure, at the time, was to let the men...
CES treatment in PTSD should have a pronounced effect in that PTSD symptoms always increase when the person is under stress of any kind. Also, the research with CES in phobic patients indicates that phobic fear can not be experienced while CES treatment is in...
OBJECTIVE: This cross-sectional study investigated the relationship between psychiatric diagnosis and impaired work functioning among American service members returning from Operation Iraqi Freedom-Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF-OIF). METHODS: Participants were 797...
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is known to be a very difficult syndrome to treat in that traumatic memories that are normally sequestered in a separate, sometimes amnesic part of the brain can appear in nightmares, or in sudden flashbacks during the waking state....
All scales receive the score above the X that the patient placed on each line, with the exception of the Time to Go To Sleep, in which the score is from 0 to 10, with one minute scored 0 and 50+ minutes scored 10. To get the total score for each scale just add the...
Vignette # 1 John, a fourteen year old Caucasian male with a history of psychiatric treatment including medication intervention for depression and developmental deviation with a hyperkinetic element. His history of school functioning had been poor although he was not...
Following the initial research in the U.S., several units began to be sold for clinical use before the 1976 Amendment gave the FDA control over medical devices. The Amendment gave the FDA power to determine the safety and effectiveness of medical devices prior to...
Activation of Prefrontal Cortex by Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Reduces Appetite for Risk during Ambiguous Decision Making As adult humans, we are continuously faced with decisions in which proper weighing of the risk involved is critical. Excessively risky...
During healthy aging, the brain experiences complex structural and biochemical changes, including modification in dendritic morphology, synaptic connectivity (Anderson and Rutledge, 1996), Ca2+ dysregulation (Toescu et al., 2004), gene expression (for review see Burke...
Healthy aging is accompanied by changes in cognitive and motor functions that result in impairment of activities of daily living. This process involves a number of modifications in the brain and is associated with metabolic, structural, and physiological changes; some...
