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Posts about: ## PTSD ![PTSD_help.png](https://www.maryaprn.com/hubfs/Gallery_2015/PTSD/PTSD_help.png) [PTSD](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/ptsd) ### [Treating PTSD with a common Antibiotic | Mental Health](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/treating-ptsd-with-a-common-antibiotic-mental-health) Tue, Jul 11, 2017 @ 06:00 AM ## Treating PTSD | A common antibiotic called doxycycline can disrupt the formation of negative thoughts and fears in the brain and may prove useful in treating or preventing post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to research by British and Swiss scientists. [MaryAPRN Advanced Practice Psych LLC](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/author/maryaprn-advanced-practice-psych-llc) [Read More](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/treating-ptsd-with-a-common-antibiotic-mental-health) ![](https://www.maryaprn.com/hubfs/Snip20151212_3.png) [PTSD](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/ptsd) ### [Mental Health Help for PTSD | More studies, information that can help](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/mental-health-help-for-ptsd-more-studies-information-that-can-help) Sat, Dec 12, 2015 @ 11:00 AM ## A new study out from MIT may explain that trauma victims are more likely to develop PTSD.... if they have previously experienced chronic stress. Here is what they had to say: [MaryAPRN.com/ Advanced Practice Psych LLC](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/author/maryaprn-com-advanced-practice-psych-llc) [Read More](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/mental-health-help-for-ptsd-more-studies-information-that-can-help) ![](https://www.maryaprn.com/hubfs/Gallery_2015/PTSD/PTSD_help.png) [PTSD](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/ptsd) ### [Benzodiazepines could hinder PTSD, Trauma Therapy | Mental Health Help](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/benzodiazepines-could-hinder-ptsd-trauma-therapy-mental-health-help) Sat, Nov 14, 2015 @ 07:00 AM ## Do Benzodiazepines increase PTSD, especially for those who have experienced major trauma? [MaryAPRN.com/ Advanced Practice Psych LLC](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/author/maryaprn-com-advanced-practice-psych-llc) [Read More](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/benzodiazepines-could-hinder-ptsd-trauma-therapy-mental-health-help) ![](https://www.maryaprn.com/hubfs/Gallery_2015/PTSD/PTSD_help.png) [PTSD](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/ptsd) ### [PTSD like symptoms, can they be caused by violent news? New Study](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/ptsd-like-symptoms-can-they-be-caused-by-violent-new-new-study) Thu, Aug 20, 2015 @ 06:30 AM ## We like to gain valuable knowledge from around the world when it comes to Mental Health studies and learned experience, this finding on PTSD represents the enormous impact that our world has around us. 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