PTSD

Jack Darkes, director of the USF Psychological Services Center, says post-traumatic stress reactions after natural disasters are not necessarily indicative of a mental health disorder.

Organizers of Dogs 4 Valor say veterans with severe PTSD often struggle to go out in public. The program, and the dogs, help them find a way to get out of their homes and enjoy life again.

The anonymous hotline was designed to give police, firefighters or EMTs a way to seek help for trauma they receive on the job.

He ended up at a VA Medical Center in Gainesville seeking a voluntary stay for mental health treatment. Instead, he was involuntarily held under Florida’s Baker Act. Six months later, he killed himself.

A study finds that PTSD nearly doubled among college students, from 3.4% to 7.5%, from 2017 to 2022. The researchers called the increase "shocking."

A panel of outside experts voted against the potential use of MDMA for treating PTSD, citing that available evidence fails to show that the psychedelic is effective or that benefits outweigh risks.

FDA scientists said patients who received MDMA and talk therapy showed “rapid, clinically meaningful, durable improvements in PTSD symptoms.” But they also called the research “challenging to interpret.”

Mounting evidence suggests psychoactive drugs including LSD, ketamine, mushrooms and MDMA can be powerful treatments for severe depression and PTSD. But not everyone is convinced.

Operation Warrior Resolution is seeing success treating post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health issues with a holistic method called brain-based healing.

One project aims to identify early life stress triggers among those who experience extreme adversity like abandonment, abuse and poverty.