The Washington Post | Jul 14, 2023
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing is a common, but not well-understood, approach to treating trauma-related conditions and disturbing life experiences -- Read more on EMDR
Interesting Engineering | Jul 14, 2023
When laser tech, fluorescence microscopy, and electronics manufacturing come together (just to name a few), great things happen— meet the 'ExA-SPIM' microscope.
Neuroscience News | Jul 10, 2023
With social distancing rules relaxing, dancing is once again a popular activity among adults of all ages. Dancing provides both physical and psychological benefits. -- Read more on the benefits of Creative Arts Therapies
CNN | Jul 10, 2023
No one expected Jamie MoCrazy to live after her fall. The chances of survival are slim when the brain starts bleeding in eight spots.
The New York Times | Jul 3, 2023
‘One Foot in the Present, One Foot in the Past:’ The once-experimental trauma treatment has become increasingly popular -- Here’s how the therapy, EMDR works
The Washington Post | Jul 3, 2023
A team of chemists at the University of Western Australia are harnessing MDMA with a therapeutic purpose in mind.
The Washington Post | Jun 26, 2023
Sing With Us linked singing in the choir to reduced stress hormones and increased cytokines, proteins that can boost the body’s ability to fight serious illness. -- Read more on the health benefits of creativity
The New York Times | Jun 20, 2023
The largest study of chronic traumatic encephalopathy to date found that the cumulative force of head hits absorbed by players in their careers is the best predictor of future brain disease.
The Guardian | Jun 13, 2023
I never defined what I experienced as traumatic, and I never once thought of myself as a victim or a survivor, until I became a parent.
Science Alert | Jun 13, 2023
Following the easing of pandemic restrictions in the US, cases of brain abscess in children under 18 have risen to new heights, according to a pair of CDC reports.
Brain & Life | Jun 13, 2023
If you have a neurologic condition, attending special events may require extra planning. These suggestions can help.
Brain & Life | Jun 13, 2023
When Scurry's career was derailed by a traumatic brain injury, she had to fight to get her insurance company to pay for necessary treatment. -- More on Briana Scurry
Brain & Life | Jun 13, 2023
Mary Beth Albright shares how her experience in public health as a food policy attorney inspired her to investigate the science of food and how it can affect our mental and emotional health. -- More on healthy foods for brain injury and PTSD in The Treatment Hub: Basic Self Care
Wired | Jun 5, 2023
Covid-19 changed how therapists work, for good and ill. Here’s how you can adapt, whether you’re a patient or a practitioner.
The Detroit News | Jun 5, 2023
Darcy Thiel, a mental health counselor and caregiving coach in Buffalo, says, “You’re coping with all of these in-the-moment things, but you also know you're losing your person. That never leaves your mind.”
WABE / PBS | Jun 5, 2023
On Wednesday, edition of the “Closer Look” Cade talked with Rose about Carter’s life and legacy and her decades-long work for advocating for caregivers and the reduction of stigma surrounding mental health.
Axios | May 26, 2023
NFL owners on Tuesday approved a rule change wherein a kickoff that is fair caught anywhere behind the 25-yard line will get placed on the 25. In the past, it would get placed at the spot of the fair catch (and thus, almost never happened), and kickoffs were only placed at the 25 on a touchback. The impetus for the change was a surge in concussions on kickoff returns, with nearly twice as many last year (19) as there were in 2020 (10).
The Toronto Star | May 26, 2023
Remembering what happened after she hit her head on the ice while playing hockey is tough for Meg Kerekes, but she knows how that particular headache felt — “like a one-pound weight on the spot that got hit.”
Business Wire | May 26, 2023
Therapeutic Solutions International (TSOI) announced the creation of CTE Biologics, Inc. as a subsidiary company dedicated to commercializing the JadiCell adult stem cell platform for treatment of chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
Psychiatrist.com | May 24, 2023
Scientists believe the so-called “party drug” MDMA may be able to speed recovery from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). MDMA, also known as “ecstasy” or “molly,” is short for the chemical compound 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine. In recent years, the drug has been the subject of intense clinical testing.
Technology Networks | May 23, 2023
From humans to plants to single-cell organisms, there’s a protein that rules them all. This protein does general housekeeping of the cells, regulating them through normal daily functions.Virginia Tech researchers found that one specific form of this ubiquitous protein has a different function in the female brains – it helps regulate events in the memory that cause post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
CBC | May 23, 2023
Before the first hospital came the rolling of the Toyota Land Cruiser and my body being thrown into the ditch with a thud. I sustained a traumatic brain injury. I was 24. Doctors told my family I could die. If I recovered, they said, it would likely be at about a six-year-old's level of development.
UPI | May 23, 2023
A new brain bank is accepting future donations from living athletes, in an effort to perform long-term research into the effects of sports-related concussion. The National Sports Brain Bank (NSBB) at the University of Pittsburgh will track the health of living participants on an annual basis, and will autopsy their donated brains after their death.
