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Both fear and emotional pain present unique symptom profiles in individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder, potentially informing new treatment approaches.

The Yale Institute for Global Health (YIGH) has selected Dr. Kiran Sheikh and Dr. Brian Wahl to receive the Fall 2025 Global Health Spark Award. The $10,000 award provides initial funding to support global health research initiatives and partnerships among YIGH-affiliated faculty.

A new study led by researchers at the National Center for PTSD, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, and Yale School of Medicine, including first author Robert H. Pietrzak, PhD, MPH, provides one of the most comprehensive examinations to date of how cumulative social disadvantage is linked to suicide risk among U.S. military veterans. The findings were published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Brains of autistic individuals have fewer of a specific kind of glutamate receptor, supporting an idea that autism is driven by a signaling imbalance.

The Health & Veritas podcast, hosted by physician-professors Howard Forman and Harlan Krumholz, features lively, informed conversations on health, healthcare, and policy.

Co-first authors Ruth Asch, PhD, and Siyan Fan, PhD, and senior author Irina Esterlis, PhD, collaborated on a study published in Biological Psychiatry that provides the first in vivo evidence of synaptic deficits in bipolar disorder and offers preliminary evidence suggesting psychotropic medications may differentially influence brain structure and function.

During an interview on the Health & Veritas podcast, Nate Wood, MD, MHS, discussed how he helps people make healthier, tasty food.

A new Yale study investigates how cortisol, a stress-related hormone, helps the brain build emotional memories.

Researchers at Yale School of Medicine are testing an ultra-high-resolution PET scanner, which could enable new research and early diagnosis of brain diseases.