Flashing Glasses, Trauma Treatment: Can Special Shades Stop Stress Disorder? A New Study Shows How We Can Prevent Some Cases of PTSD

We barely know how to treat mental illnesses, so it's difficult to figure out how to prevent them in the first place. But as I wrote at some length last year, research into stopping breakdowns before they occur has advanced dramatically in the past few years. Now comes news of a method that can keep patients who have experienced trauma from developing posttraumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, before it even starts.

Author: John Could
Source: http://healthland.time.com/2010/09/20/a-new-study-shows-how-we-can-prevent-some-cases-of-ptsd/