Blog Category: PTSD

Mobile App for Assessment of Traumatic Brain Injury FDA Approved

A new app called the Defense Automated Neurobehavioral Assessment (DANA), runs on multiple mobile platforms and was recently granted U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval. The app will soon be available to help clinicians diagnose traumatic brain injury in …

One in Three Women Suffer PTSD Symptoms After Giving Birth

A Tel Aviv University researcher has found that approximately one third of all post-partum women exhibit some symptoms of PTSD, and a smaller percentage develop full-blown PTSD following the ordeal of labor.…

Predicting the future development of depression or PTSD after injury

An article published in General Hospital Psychiatry describes the development of a simple eight-question survey that can predict the future development of depression or PTSD, if administered soon after an injury.

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and the National