Post-traumatic stress disorder often follows serious COVID-19
Italian doctors who interviewed COVID-19 survivors up to four months after their diagnosis found nearly one in three had post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
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1 out of every 5 Kashmiris in Indian occupied land suffering from PTSD
'Doctors Without Borders', and Srinagar’s Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences says that one out of every five people in Kashmir suffers from PTSD.
Scientists find common antibiotic could prevent or treat PTSD
LONDON: A common antibiotic called doxycycline can disrupt the formation of negative thoughts and fears in the brain and may prove useful in treating or preventing post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to research by British and Swiss scientists.
In a specially designed trial involving 76 healthy volunteers who were given either the drug or a placebo dummy pill, those who were on doxycycline had a 60 percent lower fear response than those who were not.
Scientists said the antibiotic works in this way because…