The video and the article presents developments in the field of medical research concerning a possible treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and a closer look on the ongoing research on memory erasing pills.
The video show us Robert Kingsley, who is an American war veteran who fought in Iraq and is now suffering from PTSD. His symptoms includes hot flushes, elevated heart rate, shaking hands, and insomnia. For Kingsley, the most frustrating consequence of PTSD is not having control over his body. He suffered a traumatic brain injury while serving in Iraq and though he does not show traces of his wound physically, he has emotional wounds. Kingsley takes nine different pills to treat his PTSD, but he cannot fully escape the fear and the anxiety he feels.
A New York University lab studies fear responses in humans. According to research there, it is very complicated to develop memory-erasing pills that could be used on humans. In a the study made by Amsterdam university, a group of 60 men and women were exposed to images of spiders and given mild electric shocks to create a negative memory about the spider images. On the second day, they were divided into two groups. One group received the beta-blocker drug, and the other received placebo pills. They were re-exposed to the same spider pictures and to startling noises. The group in which patients received the beta-blocker drugs showed a lower level of fear compared to the placebo group. On the third day, when the effect of the drugs wore off, the beta-blocker drugs group still showed a lower level of fear in comparison to the placebo group.
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