UC Berkeley |

Nature is proving to be awesome medicine for PTSD

The awe we feel in nature can dramatically reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.

UCSF |

The hormone oxytocin is being tested for treatment of PTSD and alcohol abuse

Military personnel, who suffer these afflictions at a greater rate, may finally get some relief.

UCLA |

New UCLA therapy shows promise for treating PTSD

Psychiatrists recruiting military veterans for next phase of research on new form of nerve stimulation.

UC San Diego |

War and Peace (of mind)

Meditation training may help reduce stress disorders among U.S. military personnel.
San Francisco Chronicle |

UCSF links key dementia protein, brain traumas

Prions, long studied by UCSF professor and Nobel laureate Stanley Prusiner, build up in the brain to cause Alzheimer's and other dementias. Now they're linked to post-traumatic stress disorder in combat veterans and in the brain damage of athletes who have suffered repeated concussions.
UCLA |

Stunted growth genetically linked to excess growth

Discovery ends geneticist's 20-year quest for cause of rare IMAGe syndrome.