How PTSD Affects the Brain with Sanne van Rooij | Emory BrainTalk Live

Join us every Tuesday at 2pm ET for BrainTalk Live! In this session, we are joined by Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences with Emory School of Medicine. She is the Principle Investigator for the Stress Neuromodulation Lab with the Grady Trauma Project. To learn more about Dr. van Rooij and her team's work on stress, visit the Stress and Neuromodulation Lab's website at www.stressneurolab.com.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction with Monica Parker, MD
1:42 Topic Introduction and PTSD Questions
3:15 What is the Difference Between Trauma and PTSD?
4:13 What is PTSD?
8:15 Who Can Develop PTSD?
12:29 Why Do Some People Develop PTSD and Others Do Not?
21:56 What Treatments are Available for PTSD?
24:16 Are New Treatments Being Developed?
29:25 What Can I Do?
32:50 Audience Q&A and Closing Remarks

For more information on PTSD resources, visit gradytraumaproject.com/resources.

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