NHS is to set up special units to help treat mothers who are plagued by the trauma of PTSD There will be 26 specialist mental health hubs to support mothers suffering PTSD First 10 hubs will be open within months while the rest will be open by April 2022 Experts said one in four women … Read more
Defence chiefs have paid out more than £100million to troops suffering with PTSD in the past 13 years – including £2.4m to a Gulf War veteran MoD has reached settlements with more than 4,000 service personnel who have suffered mental trauma, often following tours of Iraq and Afghanistan Experts said high sum was result of … Read more
More than a FIFTH of medics across the world have developed PTSD and depression from fighting the Covid pandemic, research claims More than 100,000 healthcare workers gave details on their mental health Scientists found 21 per cent of respondents suffered depression and/or PTSD Separate study showed almost two-thirds of UK healthcare staff were depressed Charities … Read more
The daughter of a retired man whose beloved dog was stolen in a violent mugging says her father is in a ‘dark place’ and suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Mike Jasper, 66, was walking his dog Ted, a Sprocker Spaniel, in South London in December after visiting his allotment when he was brutally attacked … Read more
A woman who developed PTSD after losing eight pregnancies in nine years has revealed she began suffering panic attacks when she saw pregnant people. Charlotte Kingsbury, 41, from Nottinghamshire, began trying for a baby when she was 31-years-old, but has lost multiple pregnancies over the years. The HR officer, who has ‘unexplained infertility’, said the repeated … Read more
Board meeting! Police create world-first scheme using SURFING as PTSD, stress and mental health therapy Devon and Cornwall Police and Dorset Police have developed the new treatment Surfwell was founded by serving police officers and has been used by others The scheme received £120,000 from charities and is set to roll out nationally By Isabella … Read more
Amanda Holden and husband Chris Hughes were diagnosed with PTSD and sought therapy following the death of their stillborn son Theo and to help conceive again. The Britain’s Got Talent judge, 49, described how the couple attended a session before she discovered hypnotherapy which helped her ‘believe in her body again’. Amanda revealed how she ‘felt so … Read more
Gabrielle Union says her PTSD has been very triggered by the current state of the world and she’s leaning on her emotional toolkit and therapy to cope. The 47-year-old actress got candid about how she is managing her body, mind and soul in the midst of ‘the pandemic and this racial reckoning,’ in a new … Read more
Many women will agree with me when I say that, for a long time, I dreaded my monthly period. Who, after all, can say they really relish that time of the month? But my feelings were rather more profound than annoyance at the discomfort and inconvenience of it all. The cramps that always herald the … Read more
Electromagnetic head stimulation can help overcome PTSD by taking the fear out of bad memories, study shows Experts from Italy used fear conditioning to create bad memories in volunteers The next day, each participant was exposed to the same negative stimulus again The team next used electromagnetic coils on each volunteer’s pre-frontal cortex This did not … Read more