Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Meet the South Central LA School Counselor Who Helps Students Combat PTSD From Gang Violence
Gustavo Sagredo describes his students experiencing PTSD symptoms such as experiencing flashbacks and difficulty with concentrating.
Oakland Is Giving Kids Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Oakland is a hotbed of gang violence, poverty, drug abuse, and mental illness. A CDC study says that roughly one-third of inner-city children suffer from a form of post-traumatic stress disorder, a local news station colloquially called "Hood disease."
Why Won't the US Government Let Veterans Smoke Weed?
We're cool with sending kids to risk life and limb in the deserts of the Middle East, but letting them smoke weed when they come home with PTSD is apparently a bridge too far.
Why Won’t Australia Run Medical Trials of MDMA?
MDMA has been been shown to help people suffering Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and while trials in other parts of the world have been undertaken or are underway, Australia is reluctant to get involved.
The Biggest Psychedelic Research Group Is Asking the Pentagon to Help Kill PTSD
The question is who would the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies include. Would its prospective Pentagon collaboration be confined to those with boots on the ground, or would it open things up to drone pilots?
Scientists Found a Genetic Switch to Reverse Aging in Neurons
Researchers at Yale found a genetic means to teach an old mouse new tricks.
The Agony and the Ecstasy: The Quiet Mission to Fight PTSD With MDMA
Medicine may not win the war on PTSD until society can break much more basic taboos, around the terrible, invisible traumas of combat.
CSI Berlin: Tatjana Bergius Used to Draw Horrible Things for the Police
Two years ago I interviewed Tatjana Bergius for the Cops Issue of Vice in Germany. She used to work for the Berlin police drawing rapists, murderers and other nasty people.