Triangle researchers to test PTSD treatment with $2 million federal grant. Dr. Denise Sloan, Associate Director for Education for the National Center for PTSD's Behavioral Science Division, contributed to an April 20th story in the Raleigh, NC News & Observer on the testing of the Stellate Ganglion Block procedure to treat PTSD patients. Read more.*
Recovery a slow process for Franklin Regional High School stabbing victims. Dr. Jessica Hamblen, the National Center for PTSD's Acting Deputy Executive Director, was interviewed for a April 4th story in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review about the mental health effects on students of the one-year anniversary of a mass knife assault at the high school. Read more.*
Disaster Resources for the Public and Health Providers. Disasters like the recent earthquake in Nepal and the riots in Baltimore, MD can have far-reaching effects. To help those in need see our Resources for Survivors and the Public | Resources for Responding to Sudden Trauma for health providers.
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The Staff of VA’s National Center for PTSD
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