Based on animal studies, long and short-term stressors as well as induced states of depression and anxiety decrease the number of new cells in the hippocampus. However, exercise, effortful learning, and maternal behavior all increase neurogenesis in animal models. Given the research on animal ...
Short-term fear, anxiety, shock, and anger/aggression are all normal responses to trauma. Such negative feelings dissipate as the crisis abates and the experience fades from memory, but for some people, the distressing feelings can linger, interfering with day-to-day life. Sufferers of long-...
Depression is one of the most commonly occurring mental disorders, with most of its first onset during early-adulthood. However, the temporal process of it
The initial symptoms are typically insidious, consisting of irritability, impulsivity, aggression, depression, short-term memory loss and heightened suicidality. The symptoms progress slowly over decades to include cognitive deficits and dementia. The pathology of CTE is characterized by the accumulation ...
The Center (in Washington DC) offers short-term treatment for adults with acute posttraumatic or dissociative symptoms. Sheppard-Pratt Shepard-Pratt hospital (in Baltimore MD) offers inpatient treatment for trauma and dissociative disorders. The Retreat at Sheppart-Pratt ...
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Following this short verbal sign of love, the Fiancée starts narrating their love story and how this young man was the man of her dreams. The combination of narration and enactment intensifies the suffering of the Fiancée. She reveals the turning point in this love story when her fiancé (...
This new clinical assessment approach to trauma can lead to measured and realistic interventions within the context of the patient's life history. Treatment priorities must be set because not all patient problems can be solved. A well-thought-out acute and long-term treatment plan can prevent phy...
Trauma is stress run amuck. Stress deregulates our nervous systems – but for only a relatively short period of time. Within a few days or weeks, our nervous systems calm down and we revert to a normal state of equilibrium. This return to normalcy is not the case when we have been traum...
CLICK to BUY “Don’t Try This Alone” I use Tapping, TRE® and EMDR at home, short term, to calm myself. Try them (links below), but don't isolate. For real healing we need a good attachment-based psychotherapist and a support group. I also had a Grie