Effect Of Medicine On Post Traumaic Stress Disorder

Treating Post Traumatic Stress Disorder isn't easy. Anti-depressants and sleeping pills can help, but often they’re only treating the symptoms and not the illness itself.

So scientists at Oregon Health and Science University are starting a new study -- to find out if alternative therapies -- like meditation -- can help.

But as Kristian Foden-Vencil reports, there’s a problem. Researchers are having difficulty getting PTSD sufferers to sign up for their study.

Doctor Helane Wahbeh has set up a test where a series of violent images are shown to someone suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Her hope is that recording the subject's brain activity, heart rate and breathing, will show exactly how that person reacts under stress. She then shows them how to relax and avoid a stress reaction with breathing and meditation exercises. (More)

Source: OPB News