PTSD

Those who were exposed to Ground Zero have increased rates of certain cancers and other health problems

The male and female responses to stress are biologically different. What does that mean for treating PTSD, depression and other disorders?

Soldiers’ with traumatic brain injury might suffer from undiagnosed but treatable hormonal disorders

Useful insights from research on “post-traumatic growth”

Existing treatments for victims of single-event trauma are insufficient for migrants with mental health problems, experts say

A brain circuit has been found that allows us to forget fear and anxiety

Although several therapies have shown some success in helping people exposed to traumatic experiences, not everyone recovers equally well

Experimental vaccine manipulates the immune system to alleviate the development of anxiety and fear in rodents

Alice B. Toklas truly stirred the pot when she included a recipe for hashish fudge in her memoir-cum-cookbook. She published The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook in 1954, following the death of her lifelong partner, Gertrude Stein.

Inside and outside the kitchen, chefs have been known to get into the weeds–but the majority of culinary cannabis creations have been mainly limited to a few cakes, cookies, and of course, the archetypal pot brownie.

Orange Is the New Black, the popular Netflix show based on the memoir by Piper Kerman, brought female prisons into America's living room, highlighting several issues that are plaguing the correctional system.

Alcoholics Anonymous, the 80-year-old self-help program, has always had critics, who fault it for being too religious and unscientific. Journalist Gabrielle Glaser revives both these charges in her April Atlantic article, “The False Gospel of Alcoholics Anonymous.” She claims that “researchers have debunked central tenets of A.A.