PTSD symptoms improve when patient chooses form of treatment. A new study is the first large-scale trial of hundreds of PTSD patients, including veterans and survivors of sexual assault, to measure whether patient preference in the course of treatment impacts the effectiveness of a type of cognitive behavioral therapy and use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, a type of antidepressant often prescribed for PTSD. Source 4n.
Stimulating the vagus nerve in the neck. In a randomized, controlled pilot trial, researchers found that participants pre-treated with noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation experienced less pain after heat stimulus than mock-treated participants. Source 1w.
The more you can do stress free activities on a regular basis the better it will be for your overall wellness. That of course is wishful thinking in a lot of circumstances because people have commitments.
Brain tissue yields clues to causes of PTSD. A post-mortem analysis of brain tissue from people who had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may help explain enduring mysteries about the disorder, such as why women are more susceptible to it and whether a dampened immune system response plays a role in dealing with stress, a team has found. Source 5i.