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How Virtual Reality Is Helping Heal Soldiers with PTSD

By Simon Parkin — 2017

For nearly 20 years the idea of using virtual reality to treat PTSD has been gaining momentum. But new breakthroughs in the platform are making it easier and more affordable than ever for veterans to find help.

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How PTSD Became a Problem Far Beyond the Battlefield

Because PTSD is a natural response to danger, it’s almost unavoidable in the short term and mostly self-correcting in the long term. Only about 20 percent of people exposed to trauma react with long-term (chronic) PTSD.

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PTSD: What You Need to Know

Post-traumatic stress disorder can happen to a person after experiencing a traumatic event that has caused them to feel fearful, shocked, or helpless. It can have long-term effects, including flashbacks, difficulty sleeping, and anxiety.

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Trauma-Related Guilt in People with PTSD

People who develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) also commonly experience guilt. In particular, individuals who have endured traumatic events may also begin to feel what’s known as trauma-related guilt. But what does the term mean exactly?

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Psychedelic Drugs Can Help Treat PTSD Caused by Racism, Discrimination: Researchers

Williams is the co-lead author of a recent retrospective study that found those who tried doses of psilocybin (more commonly known as magic mushrooms), LSD, or MDMA (the pure substance found in Ecstasy or Molly) reported a decrease in trauma symptoms, depression and anxiety after 30 days.

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Compulsions Can Follow Trauma

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is usually treated as a stand-alone mental illness. A growing body of research is now finding that some cases of OCD may stem from trauma.

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PTSD and Eating Disorders

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and eating disorders often co-occur. People with eating disorders may have other mental health conditions, such as generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, or obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

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9 Lifestyle Changes that Happen After You Start Meditating

Once you begin meditating daily, life as you knew it will begin to take on some interesting twists and turns.

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The New Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis has fallen on hard times. Freud’s gender theories are trashed for their sexism, and his original instinct theories are regarded skeptically.

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MDMA Lauded as ‘Breakthrough’ Therapy for PTSD Patients

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the design of two Phase 3 clinical trials of MDMA for treating PTSD, according to the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), which is funding and leading the clinical trials.

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Drumming Through Trauma: Music Therapy with Post-Traumatic Soldiers

Combat stress reaction is common among soldiers and can develop to a post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Drumming has been receiving considerable attention in music therapy.

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Post-Traumatic Stress (PTSD)