Kirsty Gallacher has revealed she was left with PTSD following her ‘painful’ split from ex-husband Paul Sampson. The TV personality, 44, split from retired rugby star Paul, 42, in 2015 following a 15-year relationship. And five years on, the star opened up about the trauma of their ‘devastating’ break-up, admitting that it left her ‘grieving … Read more
Ariana Grande’s manager Scotter Braun has revealed the singer is still ‘suffering’ on the three year anniversary of the Manchester Arena bombing. A suicide bomber killed 22 and injured 139 when he detonated a device as people were leaving Ariana’s concert at the Manchester venue on May 22 2017. Speaking on the third anniversary of … Read more
NHS staff on the coronavirus frontline are a ‘ticking timebomb of PTSD’ psychologists warn, as mental health charity reports 90% increase in requests for support Dr Jane McNeill said there could be a huge surge in PTSD cases for years to come Following SARS, PTSD surged in medics for three years, Dr Nick Zygouris said … Read more
Karl Stefanovic has opened up about seeing a psychiatrist who diagnosed him with post traumatic stress disorder at a low point in his personal and professional life. The Today host says he can normally handle intense pressure but with his first marriage broken down and his job being threatened he knew he had to seek … Read more
‘It was 110% caused from the show’: Former Married At First Sight star Ines Basic slams the social experiment and claims it gave her complex post-traumatic stress disorder By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 15:18 GMT, 22 March 2020 | Updated: 15:18 GMT, 22 March 2020 Former Married At First Sight star Ines … Read more
The popular party drug MDMA – or ecstasy – may ‘reopen’ narrow windows in the brain that allows us to re-learn better social behaviors, new research suggests. MDMA has been given breakthrough therapy status by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) because it has shown such promise for treating PTSD. Scientists have observed the way … Read more
Hope for PTSD patients as scientists discover how the brain forms ‘fear memory’ to link traumatic events to particular situations and trigger defensive behaviour ‘Fear memory’ formation involves neural connections between two brain regions Activity between the two regions increased in mice faced with ‘aversive stimuli’ Weakening these could erase fear memory for people who are living with … Read more
Every week for nearly a year, Lorraine Shilcock attended an hour-long counselling session paid for by the NHS. She needed the therapy, which ended in November, to cope with the terrifying nightmares that would wake her five or six times a night, and the haunting daytime flashbacks which turned her into a trembling wreck. Lorraine, … Read more