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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.

Brent Simpson is the first police officer known to have C.T.E. He showed signs of the disease in the last few years of his life.

Post Trauma is a fresh horror game with all the design elements that made 1990 classics like the Silent Hill and Resident Evil franchises so popular. Its storyline has an interesting twist in that it captures the disorienting nature of post-traumatic stress disorder and the disjointed path of healing from it.

After Shane Christie took his own life at the age of just 39, David Walsh looks at how so many former players are suffering alone with a condition that can’t be diagnosed until after their deaths.

Clinical trials have found psychedelic drugs can be an effective treatment for some patients. Researchers hope federal approval will allow these treatments to move forward. 

Single-cell analyses revealed molecular profiles that can distinguish PTSD from depression, potentially leading to better drugs for this psychiatric disorder.

PTSD is usually seen as a harmful reaction to life threatening events, with symptoms that last for at least a month. Veteran U.S. Army Ranger Michael Baumgarten is a current evolutionary anthropology PhD student who is researching how evolution plays a role in PTSD. 

There’s still a lot we don’t understand about PTSD. For example, why people experience PTSD in different ways, and how some symptoms don’t quite fit into standard medical definitions.

Michael Baumgarten, an Affiliated Graduate Student at the Institute of Human Origins, joined “Arizona Horizon” to discuss his research and how his ideas from evolution might help explain these missing pieces.

Among the most prevalent and debilitating outcomes of a natural disaster is posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).The nature of trauma from natural disasters is often complex and in the aftermath, clinicians must be equipped to distinguish acute stress responses from evolving PTSD, recognize comorbid conditions, and deliver trauma-informed care that is sensitive to both the individual’s needs and the broader sociocultural context in which healing takes place.

Winnipeg-based traumatic brain injury pilot program was the only clinic of its kind in Canada, advocates say.

Founded in partnership with Rowan University, the studio looks to help local veterans through building community and fostering creativity.