CBS News | Mar 30, 2022
Hollywood star Bruce Willis is "stepping away" from his career due to a recent diagnosis of aphasia, a language disorder that impacts a person's ability to communicate, his family said Wednesday. -- Learn more about aphasia here.
The Guardian | Mar 29, 2022
Practitioners are turning to psychedelics to help people experiencing race-based traumatic stress despite legal and institutional hurdles. -- For more on psychedelics please visit The Treatment Hub.
Health.mil | Mar 29, 2022
The United States military uses a standardized assessment tool to quickly evaluate for possible concussion. For any service member who is exposed to an explosion, a training accident or any other blow to the head, a key first step is to administer the Military Acute Concussion Evaluation 2, known as MACE 2.
Nine PBS | Mar 29, 2022
A local trainer at Got Your Six Support Dogs explains why it takes so much time and money to train service dogs for those experiencing PTSD, and a veteran talks about how important his service dog is in his life.
WOAI / NBC | Mar 28, 2022
March is known as Brain Injury Awareness Month. With the weather getting nicer and sports starting up for the Spring, injuries can happen to anyone, at any time. It's common to hear people having a traumatic brain injury, but what does that really mean? Traumatic brain injury can have wide-ranging physical and psychological effects.
Huff Post | Mar 28, 2022
Hypersexual behaviour could be a symptom of PTSD or other mental health issues. Here’s what to look for.
CBC | Mar 28, 2022
Known as equine facilitated therapy, recipient says the treatment helps him live in the moment.
Science Alert | Mar 28, 2022
The next time you're not able to get out to the gym, maybe spin some records instead: new research suggests the positive impact on mental health from singing, playing, or listening to music is around the same impact experienced with exercise or weight loss.
WCAX / CBS | Mar 24, 2022
July 14th, 2018 was the day Vermont couple Cindy and Gordon Chaffee’s lives changed forever. No one really knows what happened on the course since Cindy Chaffee has no memory of the accident, but doctors theorized she’d lost control and crashed her bike.
CNET | Mar 24, 2022
My dad, an esteemed scientist accustomed to living in his mind, had that mind irrevocably altered in an instant after being struck in a hit-and-run.
WPDE / ABC | Mar 24, 2022
Veterans living with PTSD and traumatic brain injuries got a special treat at Ripley's Aquarium. They got to swim with Eagle and Cownose Rays.
Science Alert | Mar 23, 2022
In recent years, scientists have found that psychoactive drugs such as MDMA, psilocybin, LSD, and ketamine show promise in treating various mental health issues. Now, MDMA-assisted therapy has shown more promising results in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). -- For more on psychedelics as treatment visit The Treatment Hub.
USA Today | Mar 23, 2022
Congress required the Pentagon to create the committee, independent of the Defense Department, to review suicide prevention programs and find ways to improve them.
The New York Times | Mar 22, 2022
Paul McCrory helped write the bible of concussion treatment recommendations. But when he was accused of plagiarizing, many scientists took aim at his relationships to the sports leagues he advised.
The Age | Mar 22, 2022
The father of a West Coast premiership player who retired because of brain trauma says the concussion his son sustained from a sickening collision in 2019 destroyed the footballer’s life, as the former Eagle seeks a financial settlement from the AFL.
Forbes | Mar 21, 2022
People infected with Covid-19 face a much greater risk of developing potentially dangerous blood clots in the brain than people who get vaccinated against the disease with an mRNA vaccine made by Pfizer or Moderna, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open, underscoring the safety profile and benefits of vaccination despite rare side effects.
The New York Times | Mar 21, 2022
Maj. Gen. Ernest Litynski has received numerous awards and decorations during his nearly three decades in the Army. But he is best known among soldiers and his superiors for his campaign to illuminate mental health issues among troops, scraping away bit by bit at the stigma that often leads to tragedy.
10TampaBay, CBS | Mar 21, 2022
Researchers at Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center recently discovered a blood test that could help doctors determine the severity of a patient's brain injury. According to Orlando Health, physicians currently rely on computed tomography (CT) scans to initially evaluate a traumatic brain injury or concussion. But, researchers say this new blood test will allow doctors to decide whether a patient with a mild brain injury or concussion needs a CT scan.
The Huffington Post | Mar 21, 2022
"It’s critical to consider the vast populace who want to participate and contribute to our society but can’t due to something outside their control."
Insider | Mar 18, 2022
Psychedelics are being researched to target a variety of mental health illnesses including PTSD. For more on psychedelics as treatment for PTSD please visit The Treatment Hub.
NPR | Mar 18, 2022
Arts therapies appear to ease a host of brain disorders from Parkinson's to PTSD. But these treatments that rely on music, poetry or visual arts haven't been backed by rigorous scientific testing. -- For more on Creative Arts Therapies visit The Treamtment Hub.
Science Alert | Mar 18, 2022
A hidden passage we never knew existed.
The Washington Post | Mar 17, 2022
Some people who got Covid-19 early in the pandemic still haven’t recovered, and what looked like “long Covid” might, for some people, be a permanent condition if no treatment is found.
KRDO / ABC | Mar 17, 2022
While coronavirus started as something people worried about impacting their lungs, we now know the virus doesn’t just stop there. Doctors say even your brain can be affected in detrimental ways.
USA Today | Mar 17, 2022
PTSD is commonly associated with veterans of military combat, but it can occur after exposure to other violent, dangerous or frightening events. And now the CDC lists it as an effect of COVID-19 illness or hospitalization.
