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The role of neuroplasticity in post-traumatic stress disorder recovery
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Abstract
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a serious mental illness triggered by a traumatic event, so understanding the pathogenesis of PTSD is critical to developing effective treatments, and new insights from neuroscience have highlighted neuroplasticity - the brain's ability to reorganize itself through new neural connections - as a key factor in the treatment of PTSD out of the need to optimize therapeutic approaches, this paper delves into the mechanisms of neuroplasticity, its impact on PTSD and how it can be utilized to promote recovery. This paper is concerned with the field of neuroplastic therapy, which has been found to achieve positive results in PTSD patients by enabling self-reconfiguration processes of the brain through, for example, cognitive-behavioral therapy and mindfulness practice, and the process of emotion regulation and symptoms alleviation. The findings of this study suggest that employment of neuroplasticity practices among patients with PTSD might result in more efficacious interventions and even recovery, which gives hope for those with the disorder to be resilient in the long run.
Keywords
neuroplasticity, post-traumatic stress disorder, recovery.
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Su,Q. (2024). The role of neuroplasticity in post-traumatic stress disorder recovery. Theoretical and Natural Science,61,189-195.
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