In the midst of turbulent times, it can be hard not to fixate on the troubles of the present moment. Here's how hope can ...

Whether narrative, dramatic or lyrical, a local author utilizes poetry and art styles as a creative outlet and healing ...

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “I have slept in many places, for years on mattresses that entered,” by Diane Seuss, and his own poem “This Is a Test of the Federal Emergency ...

Instead of defaulting to the notifications on my phone, poetry has inspired me to begin the day in a different way. By Charley Locke Most mornings, as soon as I wake up, I feel the pull of my phone.

But neuroscience wants to be able to access critical structures at the bottom of the brain to tackle depression, PTSD, OCD, addiction, and substance abuse disorders that are increasingly plaguing ...

He didn’t read book reviews—or so he claimed—and he didn’t write them, preferring instead to let his poems find their natural audience, which turned out to be a wide one. He mocked ...

His wife added: “Everyone who is close to Alec has see his mental health decline. He was diagnosed with PTSD.” In his “darkest moments,” she said, her husband would wonder, “If an ...

"Everyone who is close to Alec has seen his mental health decline," she says. "He was diagnosed with PTSD and he says, in his darkest moments, 'If an accident had to have happened on this day ...

If you have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), getting symptoms under control may require a combination of trauma-based therapy and medications. Though trauma-based therapy is the preferred ...

Minipress (prazosin), a drug commonly used to treat high blood pressure and urinary retention, has been shown in some studies to be safe and effective in managing nightmares and sleep disturbances in ...

open image in gallery Cliff Harshman said his wife, Tranyelle, was suffering from PTSD and had been getting help (Facebook) “My wife was not a monster,” he said. “This is so out of character.

But the antidepressants and sedatives she was also taking for PTSD, anxiety, and depression barely touched the gnawing anguish that would occasionally leave her unable to sleep, in a ball beneath ...