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"Learning BSL has helped me say words that I cannot speak," says Tina who fell down a flight of stairs in 2018 and was in a coma for six weeks. The accident caused a traumatic brain injury that dramatically changed her life, leaving her struggling to speak. Now 59, Tina says learning sign language has given her a new way to communicate.

Canadian Royal Purple raising awareness of brain injuries from intimate partner violence

Returning soldiers are suffering in record numbers, and the military is scrambling to address an issue once taboo in Israel.

Rick Doblin discusses FDA's recent feedback on MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD, emphasizing transparency and the therapy's potential in clinical practice.

For many former Navy Special Warfare Combat Crewmen, the experience of delivering Navy SEALs to their destination was one of both pure exhilaration and sheer terror.

However, the job has taken a permanent toll on operators. To better understand the extent of the injuries, Anthony Smith, a former Navy boat driver, has independently surveyed hundreds of other veterans in the fast boat community and the results are overwhelming: Nearly all of the respondents claim symptoms consistent with brain injury, including anxiety, depression, sleep apnea, insomnia, testosterone problems, anger and irritability.

Younger US military veterans are three times more likely to experience posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) than their older counterparts, largely due to greater psychological and social challenges, according to a new study led by researchers at Yale School of Medicine and the National Center for PTSD.

Army veteran Jason Ayala had spent years in therapy, battling the effects of PTSD. Nothing seemed to click. So, when Ayala was encouraged to participate in Empowering the Spirit, an evidence-based program launched by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Ayala was skeptical. 

Iraq War veteran Adrian Anthony’s regimen of anti-psychotics and anti-depressants to ease his hallucinations, depression and night terrors have been adjusted a half-dozen times in two years.

But Anthony said he is not convinced that proposals for alternative treatments — including hallucinogenic drugs and breathing pure oxygen in special chambers — that some veterans groups and lawmakers are pushing on Capitol Hill will address his mental health problems from military service 20 years ago.

Women's Rugby World Cup players are trialling LED mouthguards that light up when they sustain an impact that could lead to a concussion.

The mouthguards flash red and send a Bluetooth signal to support staff, indicating the need for a head injury assessment.

NhuNgoc Pham was a high school student living in the New Orleans metro area when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005. Her parents, immigrants from Vietnam, had recently purchased and been living in their new home for about a month when the huge storm made landfall.

She describes the experience as formative. "The Katrina experience made me grow as a person," she says. "Also, [it] made me rethink about how you recover from a major trauma."

Neurologists are exploring medications that would help the brain recover after a stroke or traumatic injury.