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The causes of psychiatric disorders are poorly understood. Now, in work led by researchers at McGill University, there is evidence that a...
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Phil Harris
- Oct 14, 2021
- 2 min
Past Trauma Changes Others Current Perspective
A team of researchers from the University of Missouri have discovered that people tend to give more praise to someone for their good...
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Phil Harris
- Jun 23, 2021
- 4 min
Grey Pride
Legend has it that Marie Antoinette's hair turned gray overnight just before her beheading in 1791. Though the legend is inaccurate --...
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Phil Harris
- Jun 8, 2021
- 3 min
How Memory Fades
What information is retained in a memory over time, and which parts get lost? These questions have led to many scientific theories over...
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Phil Harris
- Nov 24, 2020
- 1 min
New Treatment Approach for Traumatic Nightmares
A new technological solution has emerged for the treatment of traumatic nightmares and has just been cleared as a treatment by the FDA in...
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Phil Harris
- Nov 18, 2020
- 3 min
Sleep & Trauma: More Evidence of a Link
Sleep is crucial for consolidating our memories, and sleep deprivation has long been known to interfere with learning and memory. Now a...
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Phil Harris
- Aug 19, 2020
- 2 min
Mechanism for Trauma Memory Identified
The endogenous regulation of a specific gene is associated with a reduced risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder following a...
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Phil Harris
- Jul 1, 2020
- 3 min
Trauma: Distance Matters
The human brain operates on many levels. When we consider things which are distant in time, space or intimacy the rational brain tends...
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Phil Harris
- Jun 16, 2020
- 3 min
What Triggers Nightmares in PTSD?
It's been estimated that up to 88% of survivors of sexual assault suffer from persistent nightmares that can occur multiple times per...
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Phil Harris
- Jun 15, 2020
- 5 min
Name Emotion Tame Emotion
I was recently looking for some research on a separate project and came across this early pioneering study in language and emotional...
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Phil Harris
- Dec 19, 2019
- 3 min
How Does PTSD Evolve?
Most people who experience severe trauma recover their health. But 23 percent develop PTSD, a difficult-to-treat illness that combines...
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Phil Harris
- Sep 23, 2019
- 3 min
Being There for Young People
Studies over the past 20 years have found a correlation between the number of adverse childhood events (such as death or divorce) and...
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Phil Harris
- Sep 3, 2019
- 1 min
Trauma Informed Care: What is It and Does It Matter?
Across the substance misuse and housing fields there has been increasing interest in Trauma Informed approaches. I recently came across...
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Phil Harris
- Jul 30, 2019
- 3 min
Trauma: Are We Genetically Sensitive?
Researchers from the VA Connecticut Healthcare System, Yale University School of Medicine, the VA San Diego Healthcare System, and the...
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Phil Harris
- Jun 10, 2019
- 3 min
Are Traumatized Children Cortisol Tolerant?
Experiences such as poverty, residential instability, or parental divorce or substance abuse, also can lead to changes in a child's brain...
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Phil Harris
- May 23, 2019
- 5 min
Doctors Age Six Times Faster
In recent posts I shared research on how trauma ages children prematurely at a cellular level. This, combined with recent conversations...
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Phil Harris
- Apr 24, 2019
- 3 min
PTSD Diagnosed by Voice
A specially designed computer program can help diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in veterans by analyzing their voices, a...
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Phil Harris
- Apr 13, 2019
- 2 min
Childhood Trauma and Depression
A study lead by Penn Medicine researchers found that childhood trauma is linked to abnormal connectivity in the brain in adults with...
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Phil Harris
- Mar 13, 2019
- 4 min
Fear: The Illusion Destroyer?
This study interested me for two reasons. Firstly is the fact it illustrates a point I make in lecturers about how oxytocin can reduce...
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Phil Harris
- Mar 13, 2019
- 4 min
A Blood Test for PTSD
A cutting-edge blood test discovered by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers could help more accurately diagnose military...
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