Study Suggests Some Brain Injuries Reduce the Likelihood of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Posted by National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases on December 26th, 2007 at 08:37am

A new study of combat-exposed Vietnam War veterans shows that those with injuries to certain parts of the brain were less likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The findings, from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Naval Medical Center, suggest that drugs or pacemaker-like devices aimed at dampening activity in these brain regions might be effective treatments for PTSD.

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