, chair of the at 嘿嘿视频 Health, has spent his career studying , which has symptoms such as sleep disruption and vivid flashbacks of the traumatic experience. PTSD is often associated with war, but many people don鈥檛 realize that an estimated 85 percent of cases result from sexual violence, a car accident, or the violent death of a friend or family member.
The ultimate goal is to find more effective, personalized treatment for patients. 鈥淲e don鈥檛 have yet robust treatments that will reliably bring a person back to who they were before they were traumatized,鈥 Dr. Marmar tells The Wall Street Journal.
He鈥檚 hopeful about coming progress, in part thanks to the brain imaging techniques that were once the province of neurology and neuroscience. 鈥淧sychiatry was never considered serious because it didn鈥檛 have an organ,鈥 adds Dr. Marmar. 鈥淣ow psychiatry has an organ鈥攊t鈥檚 called the human brain.鈥澛
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