- Mar 2023
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www.nybooks.com www.nybooks.com
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Primary care physician Gavin Francis reviews two books on the importance of forgetting, as part of a larger reflection on memory.
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- Jun 2022
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www.sciencedaily.com www.sciencedaily.com
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"If you are held up at gunpoint, your brain secretes a bunch of the stress neurotransmitter norepinephrine, akin to an adrenaline rush," he said. "This changes the electrical discharge pattern in specific circuits in your emotional brain, centered in the amygdala, which in turn transitions the brain to a state of heightened arousal that facilitates memory formation, fear memory, since it's scary. This is the same process, we think, that goes awry in PTSD and makes it so you cannot forget traumatic experiences."
fear hardwires memory of truamatic experiences into the brain.
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- Oct 2021
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www.mediaite.com www.mediaite.com
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Rumpf, S. (2021, October 7). Doctor on CNN Alarmed by ‘Historic Decimation’ in Hispanic Communities from Covid: The PTSD ‘Will Last a Generation.’ Mediaite. https://www.mediaite.com/tv/doctor-on-cnn-alarmed-by-historic-decimation-in-hispanic-communities-from-covid-the-ptsd-will-last-a-generation/
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- May 2021
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psyarxiv.com psyarxiv.com
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Young, K. S., Purves, K. L., Huebel, C., Davies, M., Thompson, K. N., Bristow, S., Krebs, G., Danese, A., Hirsch, C., Parsons, C. E., Vassos, E., Adey, B., Bright, S., Hegemann, L., Lee, Y. T., Kalsi, G., Monssen, D., Mundy, J., Peel, A., … Breen, G. (2021). Depression, anxiety and PTSD symptoms before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/sf7b6
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Delirium, PTSD, brain fog: The aftermath of surviving COVID-19. (n.d.). Https://Www.Apa.Org. Retrieved July 23, 2020, from https://www.apa.org/monitor/2020/09/aftermath-covid-19
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Niemeyer, H., Aert, R. C. M. van, Schmid, S., Uelsmann, D., Knaevelsrud, C., & Schulte-Herbrueggen, O. (2020). Publication Bias in Meta-Analyses of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Interventions. Meta-Psychology, 4. https://doi.org/10.15626/MP.2018.884
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- Mar 2021
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www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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Cosslett, R. L. (2021, February 3). ‘They were freaking out’: meet the people treating NHS workers for trauma. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/23/meet-the-people-treating-nhs-workers-for-trauma
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- Feb 2021
- Nov 2020
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psyarxiv.com psyarxiv.com
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Edward J. Alessi, P. D., Courtney Hutchison, L. M., & Sarilee Kahn, P. D. (2020). Understanding COVID-19 through a complex trauma lens: Implications for effective psychosocial responses. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/8kmqb
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- Jul 2020
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Rajkumar, R. P. (2020). COVID-19, hypocortisolism, and psychosomatic sequelae [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/puqea
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psyarxiv.com psyarxiv.com
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Plomecka, M., Gobbi, S., Neckels, R., Radziński, P., Skórko, B., Lazzeri, S., … Jawaid, A. (2020, May 5). Mental Health Impact of COVID-19: A global study of risk and resilience factors. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/zj6b4
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Collective Trauma and Stress Following Disasters: APS Journal Articles Publicly Available
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- Jun 2020
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Murphy, J., Spikol, E., McBride, O., Shevlin, M., bennett, k. m., Hartman, T. K., … Bentall, R. (2020, June 17). The psychological wellbeing of frontline workers in the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic: First and second wave findings from the COVID-19 Psychological Research Consortium (C19PRC) Study. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dcynw
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Infurna, F. J., & Jayawickreme, E. (2019). Fixing the Growth Illusion: New Directions for Research in Resilience and Posttraumatic Growth. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 28(2), 152–158. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721419827017
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Hyland, P., Shevlin, M., Karatzias, T., & Jowett, S. (2020). Somatisation and COVID-19 related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder symptoms: The role of hyperarousal [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/bywu7
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Hyland, P., Shevlin, M., Murphy, J., McBride, O., Ben-Ezra, M., Bentall, R., & Vallières, F. (2020). Posttraumatic stress symptoms and associated comorbidity during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland: A population based study [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/mnbxf
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Park, A., Velez, C. V., Kannan, K., & Chorpita, B. F. (2020). Stress, functioning, and coping during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from an online convenience sample [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/jmctv
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- May 2020
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Sękowski, M., Gambin, M., Hansen, K., Holas, P., Hyniewska, S., Pluta, A., Sobańska, M., & Łojek, E. (2020). Risk of Developing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in COVID-19 Survivors: What Should Mental Health Specialists Prepare For? [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/bnkve
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Hossain, M., Tasnim, S., Sultana, A., Faizah, F., Mazumder, H., Zou, L., … Ma, P. (2020, May 27). Epidemiology of mental health problems in COVID-19: a review. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/q8e5u
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Johnson, S. U., Ebrahimi, O. V., & Hoffart, A. (2020, May 20). Level and Predictors of PTSD Symptoms Among Health Workers and Public Service Providers During the COVID-19 Outbreak. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/w8c6p
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Agberotimi, S. F., Akinsola, O. S., Oguntayo, R., & Olaseni, A. O. (2020, May 6). INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AND MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES IN THE NIGERIAN CONTEXT AMID COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A COMPARATIVE STUDY. Retrieved from psyarxiv.com/5b2dq
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- Apr 2020
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psyarxiv.com psyarxiv.com
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De Brier, N., Stroobants, S., Vandekerckhove, P., & De Buck, E. (2020, April 23). Factors affecting mental health of health care workers during coronavirus disease outbreaks: a rapid systematic review. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/w9uxs
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Morey, R.A., Haswell, C.C., Stjepanović, D. et al. Neural correlates of conceptual-level fear generalization in posttraumatic stress disorder. Neuropsychopharmacol. (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-020-0661-8
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- Aug 2019
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blogs.scientificamerican.com blogs.scientificamerican.com
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if MDMA gains approval as a treatment for PTSD, psychiatrists could prescribe the drug for very different purposes.
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- Apr 2019
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www.thriveafterabuse.com www.thriveafterabuse.com
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Thalamus: Our Thalamus is like a cook. It takes in info from all the senses and then blends it with our autobiographical memory. Breakdown of the thalamus explains why trauma is primarily remembered not as a story with a beginning, middle, or end, but as isolated sensory imprints: images, sounds, physical sensations that are accompanied by intense emotions usually terror and helplessness. In normal circumstances, the thalamus also acts as a filter or gatekeeper. This makes it a central component of attention, concentration, and new learning—all of which are compromised by trauma. People with PTSD have their floodgates wide open. Lacking a filter, they are on constant sensory overload. In order to cope, they try to shut themselves down and develop tunnel vision and hyperfocus. If they can’t shut down naturally, they may enlist drugs or alcohol to block out the world. The tragedy is that the price of closing down includes filtering out sources of pleasure and joy as well.
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Social support is not the same as merely being in the presence of others. The critical issue is reciprocity: being truly heard and seen by the people around us, feeling that we are held in someone else’s mind and heart. For our physiology to calm down, heal, and grow we need a visceral feeling of safety. No doctor can write a prescription for friendship and love: These are complex and hard-earned capacities. You don’t need a history of trauma to feel self-conscious and even panicked at a party with strangers — but trauma can turn the whole world into a gathering of aliens.
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In trauma survivors, Van der Kolk notes, the parts of the brain that have evolved to monitor for danger remain overactivated and even the slightest sign of danger, real or misperceived, can trigger an acute stress response accompanied by intense unpleasant emotions and overwhelming sensations. Such posttraumatic reactions make it difficult for survivors to connect with other people, since closeness often triggers the sense of danger. And yet the very thing we come to most dread after experiencing trauma — close contact with other people — is also the thing we most need in order to regain psychoemotional solidity and begin healing.
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This, he points out, is why we’ve evolved a refined mechanism for detecting danger — we’re incredibly attuned to even the subtlest emotional shifts in those around us and, even if we don’t always heed these intuitive readings, we can read another person’s friendliness or hostility on the basis of such imperceptible cues as brow tension, lip curvature, and body angles.
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- Nov 2018
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mikecosgrave.com mikecosgrave.com
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“I would have liked to have done things like playing more with her PTSD, maybe having things like twisted versions of sequences of the first game that you have to replay, because she’s always replaying them in her head, and they end in different ways that you didn’t see in the first game, and trying to reflect aspects of PTSD,”
PTSD is something that a lot of people go through and it isn't particularly highlighted, especially not in games. I think it would have not only been a lot more interesting to show this side of Lara. But, it would have been a great way to connect to a wider audience (people who have gone through trauma). Furthermore, it would be a great way to underline PTSD and maybe a educational way of overcoming it. I would also like to see a different side of Lara that doesn't need a male figure for motivation in her life.
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- Sep 2018
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A common lament among educator-survivors is the way that personal boundaries shift within the school community. Abbey Clements, who taught second grade at Sandy Hook, says that after the shooting, she would take her entire class to the bathroom at the same time, so that no one would have to leave her sight. But as they drew their students close, she says, she and her colleagues distanced themselves from one another. “You’re afraid that if you start talking about your own trauma, you might trigger someone else’s,” she says. “You’re also afraid of looking weak or unstable, afraid you’ll be asked to leave or take leave if you admit how much you’re struggling.” As a result, many teachers bury their fear and anger and guilt, until it changes into something else entirely. The question of where to erect a memorial, or when to take one down, can create fierce divisions. So might similar questions about how long to allow comfort dogs on campus, or what to do with the mountain of gifts and condolences that pile up. Students may come close to blows over whether to discuss the shooting during class time. Teachers may feel close to doing the same. “It’s not all ‘Kumbaya,’ ” Clements says. “When the system is cracked by a trauma of this magnitude, a lot of stuff leaks out. It gets messy. And it can change relationships.”
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Teachers are at the quiet center of this recurring national horror. They are victims and ad hoc emergency workers, often with close ties to both shooter and slain and with decades-long connections to the school itself. But they are also, almost by definition, anonymous public servants accustomed to placing their students’ needs above their own. And as a result, our picture of their suffering is incomplete. We know that the trauma that teachers experience after a school shooting can be both severe and enduring. “Their PTSD can be as serious as what you see in soldiers,” says Robert Pynoos, co-director of the federally funded National Center for Child Traumatic Stress, which helps schools coordinate their responses to traumatic events. “But unlike soldiers, none of them signed up for this, and none of them have been trained to cope with it.” We know that teachers who were least able to protect their students in the moment tend to be especially traumatized. “For teachers, the duty to educate students is primary,” Pynoos says. “But the urge to protect those students is deeper than that. It’s primal.” And we know that their symptoms can include major sleep disturbance, hair-trigger startle responses and trouble regulating emotions.
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- Aug 2018
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that higher standing BP is a biomarker that helps identify persons with combat PTSD who are likely to benefit from prazosin. These results also are consistent with α1AR activation contributing to PTSD pathophysiology in a subgroup of patients.
This is precisely the results I would expect. However, I completely disagree with their interpretation.
People with high blood pressure (BP) can tolerate a reduction in BP without instigating compensatory mechanisms. People with normal or low BP would invoke compensation by the sympathetic nervous system in response to alpha blockade. This would counteract the depressant effects of adrenergic antagonism. Indeed, adrenaline and noradrenaline elevate in response to standing, which I find to be an obvious prediction. Thus, the lack of benefit from prazosin in these subjects may be mediated by an increase in adrenergic receptor activation other than the apha1-adrenoreceptor; in particular, the beta-adrenergic receptors are likely at fault. Propranolol, a beta-blocker, is used for PTSD, so this mechanism seems well substantiated.
The study apparently found benefit for patients with BP over 110 (with more benefit for higher BP). Thus, I would conclude that systolic pressure below 110 induce compensation.
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