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Son's app that prevents night terrors in vets helps dad
Senior Tyler Skluzacek said he was in sixth grade when his dad, Sgt. First Class Patrick Skluzacek, spent a year in Iraq. It had a huge impact. His dad returned with PTSD and night terrors. So Tyler's team created an app they say helps prevent them. Ref. Source 1h
Hope for veterans with an overlooked form of post-traumatic stress disorder
Veterans with subclinical PTSD not only respond to evidence-based therapy but respond better than those with full PTSD, a new study concludes. Just like patients with full PTSD, those with subclinical PTSD have experienced a traumatic event and are regularly re-experiencing it, often in nightmares or flashbacks. Ref. Source 8y.
That's a given since higher stress is known to cause the release of the stress hormone which in turn causes inflammation and by extension causes a break down in your body. PTSD for a veteran means reliving the stress of war everyday.
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New study reports on suicidal thinking among US veterans
Nearly 14 percent of veterans reported suicidal thinking at one or both phases of a two-year study. The research involved more than 2,000 men and women who took part in the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. Ref. Source 3i.
Besides the rigors of war that can have a terrible effect on the mind the kind of reception you get back at home also can have a huge impact.
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Confidence in Iron Dome, coupled with resilience, can reduce PTSD symptoms
Belief in the success of the Iron Dome air defense system, coupled with a strong sense of resilience (An inner trait that results in positive adaptation to trauma), can reduce post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, suggests a new study examining PTSD symptoms in Israeli civilians following Operation Protective Edge, the Israel-Gaza conflict in 2014. Ref. Source 9w.