Columbine Shootings 10 Years Later: Students, Teacher Still Haunted by Post-Traumat

Though Columbine is now a decade old -- and a larger shooting at Virginia Tech that left 32 dead followed in 2007 -- the wounds of this tragedy are still raw.

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Brain scan 'could diagnose PTSD'

"This sensitivity to neutral information is consistent with the PTSD symptom of hypervigilance, where those afflicted are on high alert for threats and are more distracted by not only threatening situations that remind them of the trauma, but also by benign situations," said Dr Rajendra Morey, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Duke University.

"This has not been seen at the brain level before. If further research confirms this preliminary finding, this pattern could be useful in distinguishing the PTSD brain."

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"I believe that I did have PTSD"

Matthew Marino was sent back to Afghanistan for a second tour of duty after the Army diagnosed him with "anxiety disorder" instead of post-traumatic stress disorder.

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What motive does the Army have to misdiagnose PTSD?

A reluctance to diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder could be about the money, and about the need for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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"I am under a lot of pressure to not diagnose PTSD"

A secret recording reveals the Army may be pushing its medical staff not to diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder. The Army and Senate have ignored the implications.

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Veterans struggle to truly come home

"I sleep in the garage because I don't want the kids to see me. ... It's cold in the garage. It's more embarrassing, though, if they were to see me," he says.


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Night terrors can lead to strangling and other violent sleep behavior - but treatment can help

“What happens is that an individual is in the depths of sleep, has a partial awakening, and begins to enact certain behavior. The person could have violent or unusual behavior, and if they are dreaming of violent things, they may act them out.”

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Therapy After Terror: 9/11, Psychotherapists, and Mental Health

Once people sought care, who was most qualified to treat them? Using what techniques? For how long?Was it proper to charge for therapy? Was it improper to not charge?Seeley doesn't pretend to have the answers to these questions, but answering them is vital before the next large-scale disaster.

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Drug-Free Therapy Could Erase Memories

Here, doctors repeatedly deliver threatening cues – gun shots, for instance – in safe environments in hopes of drowning out the fearful associations.

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Study holds clue to gauging trauma resiliency

...this could be a potential biomarker that the military might use to keep those who might not be as resilient out of high-stress jobs, while also quickly getting more susceptible troops to help if they experience trauma.

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Minus The Traumatic Stress Disorder Part

Scientists at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies are converting content from a game designed to teach soldiers about leadership and tactics into a therapy tool to treat Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in soldiers returning from war in Iraq.

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