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KTBS / ABC | Aug 5, 2021

Traumatic events affect people in different ways. Sometimes they simply become a memory of something that happened. But other times, a traumatic event can leave lasting scars and affect a person’s daily life. -- For information on treatments for PTSD visit The Treatment Hub.

Stars and Stripes | Aug 5, 2021

A self-described “Army brat” in Virginia is collecting military-themed limericks to raise money for a charity that helps veterans overcome post-traumatic stress disorder through music.

KCRW / NPR | Aug 4, 2021

LAUSD will restart in-person instruction in less than two weeks. Aviva Alvarez-Zakson, a world history and ethnic studies teacher at LAUSD’s Hamilton High, is anxious about going back to the job.

Nature | Aug 4, 2021

As women’s soccer, rugby and other sports gain popularity, scientists are racing to understand how the female brain responds to head injury.

The Guardian | Aug 4, 2021

The past 18 months have been intense and traumatic for everyone – and no profession has been affected more than nursing.

WMDT / ABC | Aug 4, 2021

Pushing outreach and more opportunities, those are two big goals organizations serving vets and military communities are looking to provide during the pandemic.

The Washington Post | Aug 3, 2021

By the summer of 2018, she was in a psychiatric treatment center somewhere in Utah, inside a room where the door didn’t close, voluntarily admitted yet not free to leave, the words of her doctors still fresh in her head. PTSD, they said.

The New York Times Magazine | Aug 3, 2021

Nearly one in four U.S. servicewomen reports being sexually assaulted in the military. Why has it been so difficult to change the culture?

CNN | Aug 3, 2021

"What we all went through that day was traumatic, and if you are hurting, please take advantage of the counseling services that are available to us." Editor's Note: If you or a loved one have contemplated suicide, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 or text TALK to 741741.

 

Task & Purpose | Aug 3, 2021

PTSD, military sexual trauma, and eating disorders go so, unfortunately well together.

The New York Times | Aug 2, 2021

The artistic swimming world has long known it has a brain injury problem, but nobody knew how extensive it was. 

NPR | Aug 2, 2021

A recent report found that about two-thirds of U.S. adults who identified themselves as unpaid caregivers - people taking care of kids younger than 18, and/or adult loved ones - struggled with adverse mental health symptoms during the pandemic.

The New York Times | Aug 2, 2021

He was hit in the head with a metal pole during the melee and afterward, his wife said, he seemed to slip into a deep depression. He was ordered back to work eight days later, but he never made it.

NHPR / NPR | Aug 2, 2021

"When it comes to observing racially traumatic events, it can also increase that sense of feeling unsafe, that this could be me, too, for any individual who identifies as Black or brown," counselor Nicole Sublette says.

ABC News | Aug 2, 2021

Studies have found many who recovered from COVID experience cognitive decline.

Military.com | Aug 2, 2021

After three sessions of using MDMA, aka Ecstasy, aka Molly, in conjunction with therapy, the nightmares are gone, seemingly forever.

Military Times | Jul 29, 2021

Veterans with a history of mild traumatic brain injury showed vast improvement in cognitive function after 12 weeks using an online brain game program, according to a study published in the journal Brain on Tuesday.

KBJR / NBC | Jul 29, 2021

"After 14 and a half years of being a police officer with Minneapolis, I was diagnosed with PTSD in the summer of 2020," said Chris Stewart, the founder of Heroes Helping Heroes.

The Guardian | Jul 29, 2021

Relatable jokes about trauma can help people feel less alone, but questions remain over how therapeutic they can truly be

The Atlantic | Jul 29, 2021

PTSD in the formerly incarcerated has been widely studied. But what follows the “vicarious imprisonment” of their free-world romantic partners?

Newsweek | Jul 29, 2021

The study, which was led by researchers at Imperial College London, U.K., and was published in the journal Brain Communications, found reductions in the volume of white matter in around 50 percent of the group of elite players.

The Hill | Jul 29, 2021

"Mental health is health, period." -  Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III

CNN | Jul 29, 2021

With new cases of Covid-19 surging in most of the US — driven by unvaccinated Americans and fueled by the highly contagious Delta variant — hospitals are bracing for another round of devastation.

U.S. News & World Report | Jul 27, 2021

A traumatic brain injury (TBI) can cripple patients for the rest of their lives, but new research suggests that many people with moderate-to-severe TBI have better-than-expected long-term outcomes.

KCBX-FM / NPR | Jul 27, 2021

Bobby Newman, board member of Southeastern Guide Dogs, notes that to date the suicide rate is zero among PTSD veterans who have partnered with a service dog. Statistically, 22 veterans commit suicide every day.