Posts Tagged: PTSD

CIHR awards $1M to study treatment for first responders with PTSD

April 21, 2020

A study co-led by researchers at Western and McMaster universities on a new approach to treating public safety personnel with…

Leveraging technology to diagnose psychiatric disorders

January 15, 2019

Psychiatric disorders are often difficult to diagnose. As research advances, we are learning there are multiple subtypes of illness that…

Researchers identify brain mechanism linking PTSD and addiction

April 23, 2018

Researchers at Western University have shown that the recall of traumatic memories enhances the rewarding effects of morphine, shedding light…

International study explores the good, the bad and not-so ugly of hallucinations

February 4, 2016

Hallucinations can be a terrifying part of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other psychiatric conditions such as schizophrenia. But according…