I had refused to accept my PTSD had returned. But on a flight to Budapest it became impossible to ignore. It took a year of intensive treatment for me to be able to leave the house without fear.

It is not about how long or how hard you hold on. Sometimes you have no choice but to be strong.

Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and traumatic brain injury can cause changes in behavior by altering brain anatomy. Now it seems the coronavirus can too.

The mind-altering drug has been shown to help people suffering from anxiety and depression. But how it helps, who it will serve, and who will profit are open questions.

As the omicron variant threatens to bring a punishing fifth wave this winter, the country faces an unprecedented mental health crisis brought on by the nearly two-year pandemic. Hospitals and health-care facilities are woefully understaffed as capacity peaks once again — and workers are emotionally battered, burned out and suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

Women suffer PTSD at twice the rate of men yet their symptoms and stories are often overlooked.

The degenerative brain condition CTE can be diagnosed only through autopsy. But there's a quiet population of everyday people afraid they have it — and they're turning to dubious treatments.

Service dogs are shown to lower the stress hormone in PTSD sufferers to near-normal levels.

Along your healing journey, you may notice some positive change come from what you’ve been through. This is known as post-traumatic growth.

Shell neurons project to the breathing center and core neurons project to the pain/emotion center. Brain scientists have found the two are linked, shedding new light on opioid overdoses.