Post traumatic stress disorder, a special disease that also accompanies with histological changes such as inflammation. In this paper we decided to review the relation between PTSD and inflammation. Stressful events causes immune system dysfunction by suppressing natural killer cells and altering levels of cytokines. Also in this condition, cytotoxic T lymphocytes results in under strained pro-...

background: the 5% to 25% prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) during life-time can cause irrefutable harms an individuals and society. this research carried out to examine or not eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (emdr) treatment can improve ptsd symptoms. materials and methods: 71 patients (56 females and 15 males) have been selected randomly. demographic and kind o...

objective: the main objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of psychological therapies and art/sport supportive interventions separately,and in combination on post traumatic stress symptoms in children and compare them with a control group . methods: in a field trial, we evaluated the efficacy of group behavioral therapy, art and sport supportive interventions in bam earthquake childr...

BACKGROUND The 6.3 Richter earthquake in Bam killed 26,000 and injured 30,000 people, and destroyed 85% of houses according to the literature. Children are affected more than others by disasters. In this study, we assessed the rate of post-traumatic stress disorder and psychological problems in survived Bam students in Kerman four months after the earthquake and their relations with demographic...

INTRODUCTION Post-traumatic stress disorder is defined as a mental disorder that arises from the experience of traumatic life events. Research has shown a high incidence of co-morbidity between post-traumatic stress disorder and psychosis. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case of a 32-year-old black African woman with a history of both post-traumatic stress disorder and psychosis. Two years ag...

Background: Chronic diseases affect the lives of the patient and caregiver. Caring for a patient with a chronic psychiatric illness, such as bipolar disorder, is a stressful and challenging activity. Caregivers of severe psychiatric patients are the primary victims of violence by patients. Caring for these patients can be very stressful for the caregiver to the extent of experiencing post-traum...