New hope for treating PTSD
Treatment for PTSD usually involves patients focusing on their traumatic experience, but world-first research may offer another treatment pathway. Read more.
Veterans’ PTSD win
Phoenix Australia's researchers are developing a hi-tech test to diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder in veterans. Read more.
Getting better outcomes from posttraumatic stress disorder treatments
Effective treatments for PTSD exist, yet nearly half of patients continue to have significant symptomatology after treatment. Could augmentation of treatments improve results? Read more
Help us improve emergency service workers’ access to help and support
We are looking for participants for a study into making support more readily accessible for emergency service workers. Read more.
New understanding of alexithymia will help improve PTSD treatment outcomes
Rising to the challenge of disasters and public health emergencies is the focus of Phoenix Australia’s newly appointed Director, Alexandra Howard.
Study finds gambling problems in military personnel linked with trauma
Phoenix Australia's researchers found that gambling is a significant and unrecognised problem among Australia’s military personnel. Learn more.
PTSD and psychoactive drugs: MDMA treatment shows potential, but others lack evidence
We reviewed the state of the evidence for using psychoactive drugs in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Learn more.
Understanding posttraumatic nightmares
Research into the effectiveness of “rescripting” dreams suggests that posttraumatic nightmares are actually a range of different phenomena, opening up the possibility of targeted treatments A common symptom of…
Taking a holistic approach to care
In June, the Minister for Veterans and Defence Personnel, The Hon Darren Chester MP, brought together experts in veteran mental health and suicide prevention for a Veteran Mental Health and…
Responding to the mental health challenges of climate change in Tuvalu
Leaders of Pacific nations met this month in Tuvalu at the 50th Pacific Islands Forum to negotiate a response to climate change. The outcomes of their negotiations carry implications for…
