Could you be experiencing PTSD? The signs of PTSD include persistent fear and dread, intrusive memories, flashbacks, hypervigilance, avoidance, and insomnia, among others. Not everyone who ...

If you have experienced a traumatic event and continue to have distressing flashbacks of the event, you may have PTSD.

Google is continuing its efforts to help you improve your mental health. Search for "posttraumatic stress disorder" or related keywords on your phone and you'll now have the option of taking a ...

But emerging science may have an answer. Researchers may soon be able to use indicators in the body to test for PTSD in much the same way doctors check for the flu.

Researchers say they are close to developing a first-of-its-kind of medical test that could be used to identify post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) ...

A simple blood test may one day tell if you’re genetically predisposed to PTSD.

As part of a decade-long research project led by scientists at Indiana University School of Medicine investigating blood-based genetic biomarkers, a newly published study has revealed the ...

What if a blood test could reveal PTSD in a patient -- and the best treatment? Dr. Kate Chard says she and her team are working to find where PTSD biomarkers live in DNA.

This article is excerpted from Tom Shroder’s “ Acid Test: LSD, Ecstasy and the Power to Heal,” which comes out Sept. 9. The book focuses on researchers’ attempts to determine whether ...