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Traumatic brain injuries, or TBIs, are injuries to the head from a sudden blow. As many as 50,000 people die every year from severe TBIs and another 80,000 are permanently disabled. Now, there’s evidence that people who sustain even moderate head injury later in life run an increased risk of developing epilepsy.

Experts share stories of how exercise can help people navigate trauma.

The pandemic has produced a mental health crisis with effects that may reverberate for years — even decades — to come. At Georgia State, researchers are working to gain insights into the emotional toll and identify how people are finding hope even as the threats persist.

Millions of people with PTSD struggle to get a diagnosis. Experts say that some widespread beliefs about the condition can be harmful. Here are a few pervasive myths.

In a new study, reported in Nature Communications, researchers at Örebro University have identified biomarkers in the blood that indicate how serious a head trauma is.

A majority of COVID-19 patients who were hospitalized at Memorial Hermann Hospital experienced long-COVID — around 70% of them were experiencing long-COVID three months after being discharged.

Researchers are finally understanding the connection between psychiatric conditions and the immune system. People diagnosed with a psychiatric condition were more likely to catch Covid-19 after being fully vaccinated, according to a new study.

The study is examining how negative emotions impact brain function. People with PTSD find themselves in a negative emotional state more often.

Seven years ago, the U.S. Soccer Concussion Initiative made a landmark ruling, saying that kids 10 years and younger are not allowed to head the ball. The organization also limited heading for those 11 through 13.

The pandemic shone a light on the limits of the health care system. But it also illuminated the distress that has long beleaguered doctors and nurses. Neither burnout nor post-traumatic stress disorder, this moral injury could undermine medicine’s efforts to bounce back after COVID-19.

U.S. Army Alaska Commander Maj. Gen. Brian Eifler says his top priority is bringing down the increasing rate of suicide among soldiers stationed in the state.

Almost all people with opioid use disorder have experienced trauma at some point in their lifetime, and about a third of that population report symptoms of PTSD, according to psychiatric experts. University of Vermont researchers want to find out how simultaneous treatment of both conditions can help patients heal faster and more effectively.