COVID Hit Us All So Hard: Vt. Hospice Workers Say PTSD Will Last Years

Vermont Public Radio (VPR)

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.

Posted on BrainLine April 12, 2021.

Congressman opens up about post-traumatic stress after Jan. 6 insurrection

NBC News

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.

Posted on BrainLine April 12, 2021.

Artist Wants To Connect Veterans With Their Communities, Create Conversations About PTSD

WCBE

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.

Posted on BrainLine April 8, 2021.

Forgotten Memories of Traumatic Events Get Some Backing from Brain-Imaging Studies

Scientific American

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].”

Posted on BrainLine April 6, 2021.

How a chatbot can motivate people recovering from traumatic brain injuries

WHYY Wisconsin

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.

Posted on BrainLine April 6, 2021.

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