Can Psychotherapy Reverse Post-Traumatic Epigenetic Changes? | Psychology Today https://t.co/vBBtbkR0d9 — Better Blokes (@BetterBlokesNZ) April 8, 2020 Epigenetic changes are thought to play an important role in PTSD, both whether or not it develops—as epigenetic stress-related responses affect resilience—and as a factor in treatment and recovery. Epigenetic processes could be therapeuticContinue Reading
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For those who survived, the harrowing experiences marked many of them for life. They returned to society with impaired health, worse job prospects and shorter life expectancy. But the impact of these hardships did not stop with those who experienced it. It also had an effect on the prisoners’ children and grandchildren,Continue Reading
