Experts share the ways in which trauma affects the brain and body, how PTSD and trauma are related, and suggestions for healing.

Including the family in a patient’s treatment plan can help shorten hospital stays and assist in recovery. But caregivers often pay a price.

Combining two treatments could be a promising option for people, especially military veterans, with post-traumatic stress disorder.

The discovery of a new function for a common protein in the brain holds promise for the treatment of memory loss and PTSD.

Post-traumatic stress disorder can’t be diagnosed over social media.

People with PTSD have a cerebellum about 2% smaller than unaffected adults, especially in areas that influence emotion and memory.

Childhood adversity can put people at risk of perpetrating domestic violence in the future. Having a supportive social network and learning ways to regulate the stress response, however, can help.

Red flag laws are an important step in the right direction, but much more work is needed to determine the role of mental health in the lead-up to and aftermath of mass shootings.

The analysis shows that ketamine may start relieving symptoms of PTSD within one day, but it is still unclear how long the effects last and how many injections are needed to maintain benefits.