Charlie Rose Brain Series 2 Episode 12: Post-Traumatic Stress

with Eric Kandel, Kerry Ressler, JoAnn Difede, Murray Stein , John O’Brien and Lisa Shin
in Science & Health part of Charlie Rose: The Brain Series
on Friday, December 14, 2012 * * * * *

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Charlie Rose Brain Series 2 Episode 12: Post-Traumatic Stress with Eric Kandel of Columbia University; Retired Lieutenant Colonel John O’Brien; Murray Stein from the University of California, San Diego; Lisa Shin, from Tufts University; Kerry Ressler from Emory University and JoAnn Difede from Weill Cornell Medical College

To learn more about PTSD in Iraq and Afghanistan please visit: www.patss.com

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    1. alamode  03/12/2013 01:28 PM Report

      Great series & Important topic & a show that just begins to cover area. Important somatic therapy work being done on PTSD by Peter A. Levine, PhD leader in his field. http://www.traumahealing.com/somatic-experiencing/peter-levine.html His book 'Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma' is translated into 20 languages; Recent book, An Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness. Somatic insights like cognitive therapy a big piece of the puzzle.

      Looking forward to series 3 on the brain. Please Keep bringing top men AND women, internationals, etc in the field. Diversity in field matters to outcomes, just as state of the art work.

    2. seektruth  03/09/2013 07:30 PM Report

      I just watched the concluding show of the brain series. Eric Kandel said that he hoped people would come to know through the series that there is nothing metaphysical going on in the brain. It's biochemical and nothing else. What I don't understand is how we can study something so incredibly complex, be in our infancy relative to its study and yet conclude with confidence that there is nothing more to us than biochemical processes. There's a lot of evidence out there that would suggest otherwise. Scientific investigation has its place. Why those so often immersed in it conclude that the complexity of something is not evidence of a greater complexity which designed and created it is very hard to understand. Two thoughts come to mind: "My people perish for lack of knowledge" and "Professing to be wise, they became as fools."

    3. carbon_based  01/22/2013 04:24 PM Report

      Looks like Lisa Shin's PTSD lab is doing more identical twin studies with traumatized war veterans, really important and interesting stuff:

      http://www.martinos.org/shinlab

    4. finalfantasytown  12/28/2012 06:36 AM Report

      If part of Athena is from Gaia, the pain is in brain. But is it true that Athena contains Gaia. I need to check calendar.

    5. SharkswithfrikingLazers  12/16/2012 06:01 PM Report

      Connecticut survivors to attend school in neighboring town:

      http://news.yahoo.com/connecticut-survivors-attend-school-neighboring-town-155145415.html

      One wonders if this new school might keep PTSD from developing?

      This would be the perfect time for the brain science "rubber" to meet the road.

      I pray that the violence of war is not like this gun violence in that it is NOT a "gift" that keeps on giving.

      Moving schools abruptly seems to me like it will create a new set of problems not cure developing problems.

    6. NeilMacCallister  12/16/2012 01:52 PM Report

      Let's treat the CAUSE, not the symptoms!

      PTS in war is encouraged by a nation's failure to 'conquer" its competition intellectually, industrially, financially, and inspirationally.

      But America has voted, once again, to 'throw out' any and all efforts to 'compete' intellectually, industrially, financially, or inspirationally.

      We have joined a thousand other lands all scrapping for water drying up in a mud-pond on a parched dessert landscape.

      I guess it was just too much to ask of this nation to consider creating new water supplies.

      When a thousand nations end up fighting over the last bread crumb willed to us by an enlightened forebear, ..things get nasty.

      Wars ensue, ..people are murdered for a crumb, ..and PTS is the spoils won by the 'victor'.

      If you "Hate War", ..get out there and develop intellectually, industrially, financially, and inspirationally!

    7. SharkswithfrikingLazers  12/16/2012 03:27 AM Report

      "Overall, the findings of functional neuroimaging studies are consistent with the notion of exaggerated amygdala activation to specific stimuli in a number of anxiety disorders, especially social phobia, specific phobia, and PTSD."

      http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3055419/

      So it sounds like the brain circuit gets a short or gets stuck in a loop. The amygdala won't stop firing; cortisol is flowing.

      Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) affect brain chemicals (neurotransmitters) and can reduce anxiety.

      So yes a brain scan might be required to see who is really fit for combat. Those with brains at risk should NOT get four deployments.

      By the way, Lisa Shin was very good on this segment and her turn of a phrase--especially summarizing the research studies available now--is much appreciated.