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Brain & Life Magazine | Apr 13, 2021

“After just 10 minutes of playing piano, he'd resurrect, like a thirsty plant after a drink of water,” says Rosenstein. When she reported this to her husband's neurologist, he told her that music had the ability to “change brain chemistry,” she recalls. That was just the spark she needed to find others affected by neurodegenerative disease and bring music to them as well.

Las Vegas Sun | Apr 12, 2021

Constructed by UNLV students for a collegiate design competition, the house is intended to cater to those with post-traumatic stress disorder or those with brain trauma where random noises bring on stress.

The New York Times | Apr 12, 2021

As a trauma therapist, Abigail Nathanson guides her patients in visualization and a storytelling technique called imagery rescripting that can help them understand and cope with traumatic memories.

Vermont Public Radio (VPR) | Apr 12, 2021

During the pandemic, many hospice workers cared for patients who were dying without their families around them, often in long-term care facilities like Birchwood Terrace in Burlington, shown here. Some say this has had a lasting impact on them.

NBC News | Apr 12, 2021

NBC News’ Hallie Jackson sat down with Rep. Dan Kildee, who took that familiar photo of officers with their guns drawn in the House chamber, for an exclusive interview where he opens up about his mental health struggles since the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

The Washington Post | Apr 12, 2021

The brain of Phillip Adams will be tested for a degenerative disease that has affected a number of pro athletes and has been shown to cause violent mood swings and other cognitive disorders, according to the local coroner.

PBS NewsHour | Apr 9, 2021

A recent lesson on the French horn. It's known as a difficult instrument to play and master, and, for this amateur musician, it represents a kind of miracle.

Los Angeles Times | Apr 9, 2021

There are now movements to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms in over 100 cities.

WCBE | Apr 8, 2021

A powerful portrait series featuring Veterans and their struggles with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder opens this weekend at the National Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus, Ohio.

The Wall Street Journal | Apr 7, 2021

Cognitive problems are among the most persistent and common lasting effects of Covid. Now some patients are getting help from brain rehab programs.

Scientific American | Apr 6, 2021

Vinod Menon, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine, praised the researchers for “[uncovering] a potential brain circuit mechanism underlying individual differences in dissociative symptoms in adults with early-life trauma and PTSD [post-traumatic stress disorder].”

WHYY Wisconsin  | Apr 6, 2021

Rabinowitz partnered with George Collier of the Shepherd Center in Atlanta to create RehaBot, a motivational text message chatbot that helps people who have had traumatic brain injuries keep appointments and get reminders. It also assists with mental health check-ins between therapy sessions.

BBC | Apr 6, 2021

NHS England said care would be provided for a "wide range of mental health issues from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after giving birth to others with a severe fear of childbirth," for 1,001 days from conception.

ABC Australia | Apr 5, 2021

"I can say that without doing that I certainly wouldn't be here … that's a story I have had from a few others," she says.

CBC | Apr 5, 2021

Author Debbie Samson's new book is her life story about living with complex PTSD.

Federal News Network | Apr 5, 2021

The Defense Department will soon release a plan that it is calling a “paradigm shift” in how it approaches brain health in the military. The strategy moves away from the old way of addressing dangerous exposures to the brain as single, standalone incidents, and instead considers those exposures in a broad spectrum over a service member’s career.

WPR - Wisconsin Public Radio | Apr 5, 2021

First Of Its Kind In The US, The Online Program Begins This Fall

WSMV | Apr 2, 2021

"52% of warriors said their mental health was worse as a result of social distancing," she said. "61% said they felt disconnected from friends, family, the community."

ABC News | Apr 2, 2021

The trial of the killing of George Floyd is especially hard for Black Americans.

CNN | Apr 2, 2021

Millions have survived Covid-19 hospitalization, and, for most, the acute physical symptoms have gone away. But many continue to endure the emotional and psychological trauma that comes with having Covid-19. 

The New York Times | Apr 1, 2021

Across the country, doctors who are treating people with post-Covid neurological symptoms say the study’s findings echo what they have been seeing.

MPR News | Mar 31, 2021

Oscar spent weeks in a coma after contracting COVID-19 and is still dealing with some of the long-term physical and psychological effects.

Stars and Stripes | Mar 31, 2021

The documentary “Wounded Heroes,” released on numerous online streaming services March 5, includes interviews with about two dozen veterans and first responders who detail their struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder.

PsyPost | Mar 30, 2021

New neuroimaging research offers preliminary evidence that childhood maltreatment amplifies the impact of combat exposure trauma.

ABC Australia | Mar 30, 2021

Now experts fear people who did not seek help for domestic violence last year, during COVID-19, may be living with unknown brain trauma, which can have devastating long-term health consequences if untreated.