5 Topic Commentaries

Side Effects: The Body Keeps Score

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  Farris K. Tuma, Sc.D.

  Traumatic Stress Disorders Research

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  National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health

  There are real neurobiological consequences of trauma that are associated with PTSD,” — verbatim from source

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  Amit Etkin, MD, PhD

  Psychiatry and Neuroscience (PTSD research)

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  Stanford University School of Medicine

  However, all sorts of trauma happen during one’s life that can lead to post-traumatic stress disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder-like symptoms.” — verbatim from source

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  Samuel A. McLean, MD, MPH

  Anesthesiology and Trauma Research

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  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  We’re enrolling people who visit trauma centers immediately after a trauma because evidence suggests that a lot of the important biological changes that lead to persistent symptoms happen in the early aftermath of the trauma,” — verbatim from source

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  Dale M. Needham, MD, PhD

  Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

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  Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  Instead, it may be as common, or more common, in ICU patients as in soldiers, but it's something many doctors -- including psychiatrists -- don't fully appreciate.” — verbatim from source

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  O. Joseph Bienvenu, MD, PhD

  Psychiatry (Anxiety and PTSD)

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  Johns Hopkins University

  Physical weakness usually gets better, but these mental symptoms often just linger,” — verbatim from source

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