Post Traumatic Stress Disorder News
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Inside the VR therapy designed to help sexual assault survivors heal by facing attackers
You’re leaving a bar at night and a man follows you out to an isolated bus stop. You try to ignore him but he won’t back off, pressing in closer and closer. You can choose to rip off your goggles and be transported back to your therapist’s office. Or you can stay in the hyper-realistic virtual
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Marijuana-based drug gets positive review from US agency
U.S. health officials say a closely watched medicine made from the marijuana plant significantly reduces seizures in children with severe forms of epilepsy and warrants approval
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Iraq vet with PTSD gets life for killing bullies next door
Prosecutors: Iraq war veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder shouldn't have killed bully neighbors
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Joaquin Phoenix on his new film 'You Were Never Really Here'
Joaquin Phoenix is receiving critical acclaim for his new role in director Lynne Ramsay’s “You Were Never Really Here.” He plays a hit man with PTSD and suicidal tendencies. Phoenix talked about taking on the character in a recent appearance on “Popcorn with Peter Travers.” “I think part of what
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5 years, 5 lives: Snapshots from the Boston Marathon bombing
As the fifth anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings approaches, key individuals caught up in the attacks are reflecting on how life has changed
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Former US House speaker to promote legalizing marijuana
Former U.S. House Speaker John Boehner says he has had a change of heart on marijuana and will promote its nationwide legalization
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Boehner joins fight to loosen marijuana laws saying his thinking has 'evolved'
An unexpected voice has joined the fight to change federal marijuana laws. Former Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner has joined the advisory board of Acreage Holdings, one of the nation's largest cannabis corporations, saying "my thinking on cannabis has evolved" and that he now supports
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Iraq war vet gets life for stabbing girlfriend 50-plus times
An Iraq war veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder has been sentenced to life in prison in his girlfriend's death
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Maple Leafs coach grieves, along with Canada and NHL
Canada bus crash leaves Maple Leafs coach shaken, along with Canada and the NHL
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Parkland shooting victim criticizes sheriff, school after release from hospital
A week after the last victim of February's school shooting in Parkland, Florida , was released from the hospital, Anthony Borges made it known in a press conference Friday he and his family were not pleased with several circumstances around the massacre. Borges, 15, was shot five times -- in the