Tag: Posttraumatic stress disorder
Hebrew U Study: Traumatized Worms Store Memories of Hardship When Conditions Become Safe
Like humans, worms are capable of forming associative memories—that is, memories that associate a certain sound or smell or tone of voice with a particular outcome.
Bar Ilan Study: Parental PTSD Affects Health Choices, Aging, of Holocaust survivors’ Children
The current findings suggest that unhealthy behaviors should be assessed among offspring of Holocaust survivors, especially among those whose parents suffer from PTSD.
Bar-Ilan Study Shows Parental PTSD Transmitted to Offspring in Rwandan Genocide Survivors
This pattern is also evident among Holocaust survivors and their offspring.
Haifa U: Disabled at Higher Risk of PTSD due to War, Terror
28% of people with disabilities who were exposed to war and terror were particularly at risk of developing post-traumatic symptoms, compared to 11% of people with disabilities who were not exposed.
Knesset Committee Holds Heated Debate on IDF Veterans’ PTSD Treatment
'Ten psychiatrists did not even try to check what happened to me. They just listened to me for an hour and a half and determined that I had nightmares as a child. So how was I accepted to the Paratroopers Brigade?'
Hatzalah’s New Psycho-Trauma Unit Aiding Shock Victims
Shock and trauma prevention and treatment now being administered for victims of terror at scenes of attacks.
Research: Holocaust Trauma is Genetically Transmitted
The trauma of the Holocaust is transmitted genetically through the generations.