biological psychiatry Archives

Biofeedback for your brain?

Philadelphia, PA, 9 September, 2010 – There is new evidence that people can learn to control the activity of some brain regions when they get feedback signals provided by functional magnetic resonance brain imaging (fMRI).
Dr. Andrea Caria and col…

Does the impact of psychological trauma cross generations?

Philadelphia, PA, 8 September, 2010 – In groups with high rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), such as the survivors of the Nazi Death Camps, the adjustment problems of their children, the so-called “Second Generation”, have received atten…