People Dealing With Trauma Have Harder Time with Grief and Loss

Razi Berry Among individuals who survive a trauma that resulted in the loss of a close friend or loved one, symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder can predict complicated grief — a sense of persistent sadness and an inability to cope — years after the trauma, according to research published by the American Psychological Association. “Grief […]

Heart Rate Variability (HRV) and Quantum Medical Hypnosis (QMH) in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Ezzat Moghazy, Ph.D. / I-MD Treating PTSD symptoms could lead to a significant burden on the United States economy, with an estimated $635 billion spent per year.1 My research shows that there is a significant increase in the Heart Rate Variability (HRV) coherence scores before Quantum Medical Hypnosis implementation (QMH) and after QMH, from 34 to 41, with t-test (0.032). This is […]

COVID-19 May Lead to Delirium and PTSD

Razi Berry People taken ill by coronavirus infections may experience psychiatric problems while hospitalized and potentially after they recover, suggests an analysis of past research led by the UCL Institute of Mental Health with King’s College London collaborators. Coronavirus infections and the psychiatric connections The systematic review paper, published in The Lancet Psychiatry, compiled results […]

People with PTSD Almost Two Times More Likely to Suffer Infection

Razi Berry First-of-its-kind study finds people with PTSD were 1.8 times as likely to have any infection as those without PTSD, ranging from being 1.3 times as likely to have meningitis, to 1.7 times as likely to have influenza, to 2.7 times as likely to have viral hepatitis. First-of-its-kind study: people with PTSD 1.8 times […]