PTSD & trauma
Everything on trauma and PTSD: what happens in the brain and body, the therapies with the strongest evidence, and where psychedelic-assisted therapy fits.
7 posts and 3 screeners, last updated Oct 19, 2026. Short link: doctorreid.com/ptsd
If you or someone you love is struggling right now, call or text 988 (US, any hour), or text HOME to 741741. If someone is in danger, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room. Outside the US, see findahelpline.com.
- Talking about trauma, with careHow to ask, how to listen, and what not to sayOct 19, 2026
- Coming home to the bodyInteroception, embodiment, and guided ways back into the bodyOct 8, 2026
- The committee insideInternal Family Systems, with tools to map your partsSep 28, 2026
- The gentlest experimentHakomi: mindfulness, the body and loving presenceSep 28, 2026
- MDMA, measuredAn evidence-graded MDMA harm-reduction referenceSep 10, 2026
- MDMA: a research reportTwo positive trials, one FDA rejection, and what comes nextAug 4, 2026
- Methylone: a research reportA smoke-shop stimulant now in Phase 3 for PTSDAug 3, 2026
- PCL-5The standard PTSD symptom checklist.Screener
- TSC-40Trauma symptom checklist.Screener
- TraumaEvery trauma-related instrument in the lab.Screener
Numbers worth saving
- 988 Suicide & Crisis LifelineCall or text 988, or chat at 988lifeline.org. Any hour, in the US. Veterans press 1; Spanish press 2.
- Crisis Text LineText HOME to 741741, any hour.
- The Trevor ProjectFor LGBTQ+ young people: 1-866-488-7386, or text START to 678-678.
- SafeUTA free Utah app with licensed crisis counselors by chat or call, any hour.
- Outside the USfindahelpline.com lists free lines in more than 130 countries.
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