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.

Now, researchers at UT Health San Antonio are studying patients like Hernandez, trying to understand why their cognitive problems persist and whether their brains have been changed in ways that elevate the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.

New findings by researchers estimate 50-80% of America’s prison population has had a TBI. The statistics are worse for incarcerated women, with the study finding 97% have had a TBI and half have had multiple.

Medicinal uses for psilocybin include depression, PTSD and other mental disorders, and as more clinical data comes in, a recent spate of public offering has raised billions of dollars for the emerging mental health field.

"One of the main takeaways is that the majority of recovery from post-traumatic stress happens in the first three months," said study lead author Emily Dworkin, an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine, in Seattle.  --  To read the study, visit BrainLine's Research Updates.

Sgt. Aquilino Gonell, a Capitol Police officer, is suffering from physical and psychological injuries stemming from the Jan. 6 insurrection.  --  For information on treatments for PTSD please visit The Treatment Hub.

There are only a few dozen people, since the first report in 1982 of the type of brain injury that Jacob experienced," Edlow told correspondent Lee Cowan.

Ketamine is part of a growing field of research into whether drugs that have traditionally been viewed as illegal psychedelics or party drugs could, in certain contexts, help people with depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and other behavioral health and psychiatric disorders. For more information about psychedelics as treatments for PTSD please visit The Treatment Hub.

There is mounting evidence that heading a football repeatedly over many years may cause brain damage.

As new cases tick upward, Vinson wrestles with all he has seen and knows “because there’s still people who don’t believe, still people who don’t want to get vaccinated. I know this [virus] is new, but it kills people,” he said. “This struggle is real. It’s not a political agenda.”