If the results of preliminary studies hold up, brain imaging could be used to diagnose PTSD the way a chest x-ray shows TB. That's the hope based on research conducted on 42 soldiers returning from Afghanistan or Iraq who showed two patterns distinctly different from subjects who were not suffering from PTSD. The research was presented last week in Italy at the meetings of the World Psychiatric Association.
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This seems like a good move forward. Once PTSD is identified,
Posted by Mrs. Lou Ross-Johns | April 8, 2009 11:29 PMwe have to provide humane, intelligent treatment for these
individuals. I would love to see a world without war, and
without abuse, so this disorder would no longer exist.
Take Care All, Love Lou Ross-Johns