Suicide among the military community is an issue of significant concern, particularly given its disproportionate impact on service members compared to the civilian population. The stigma around discussing mental health and separation from service is a considerable barrier to treatment, often resulting in guarded and misleading responses that undermine effective intervention strategies.

Among US children who show significant symptoms after a head injury, 23% are not evaluated for concussion or brain trauma. These children are also more likely to experience mental and social disturbances, such as depressive symptoms, and require mental health services. Researchers who published their findings in the journal Brain Injury suggest that routine concussion evaluation should be emphasized, especially in younger children.

Patients with PTSD experience both emotional numbness and hyperreactivity. A new study digs into how these contrasting symptoms are linked.

Traumatic brain injuries, including concussion, may lead to hearing and vision problems. Sometimes, these hearing and vision injuries are either not immediately apparent or require additional testing to be diagnosed, according to experts from the Defense Health Agency. These injuries may show up together.

Soldiers exposed to thousands of low-level blasts from firing weapons like mortars say that they wind up with debilitating symptoms of traumatic brain injury — but no diagnosis.

The family of the late Joe Kinnear and four Premier League-era players are among a number of claimants taking legal action against football’s governing bodies over brain injuries allegedly suffered during their careers.

A team of Brown University researchers is launching a study to test the combined use of the drug MDMA and talk therapy as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and alcohol use disorder in military veterans. The study is the first at Brown on MDMA-assisted therapy and the first anywhere to test the treatment’s effectiveness for dual disorders, the researchers said.

Professional mountain bikers will be among the first to use a new, Scottish-developed device to monitor head impacts and their long term repercussions. Several of the world’s top riders will start the new season with the HIT device, which monitors the g-force of a head impact, attached to their helmets. The technology also measures the smaller cumulative impacts experienced by riders on runs, even when they don’t crash, similar to the effect on a footballer regularly heading a ball over the course of a match. The unit connects to an app which provides a traffic light warning system and, as concussion can be complicated to diagnose, allows the user to make an informed decision on whether or not to seek medical attention.

A mother of four fought for her family after her husband, who'd served combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, came home with a traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder.  Marine veteran Chuck Rotenberry's trauma from war impacted his family. The couple's oldest, Kristopher, tried to help his dad and shield his sisters. As his responsibilities grew, so too, did the stress, and he says he attempted suicide when he was 12. His mother, Liz, found care for her son, getting Kris into intensive therapy, then enrolling him and his sisters in a clinic for military children confronting PTSD.

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have discovered leaky blood vessels, together with a hyperactive immune system may be the underlying cause of brain fog in people with long Covid. They suggest their discovery is important for the understanding of brain fog and cognitive decline – difficulty with thinking, memory or concentration – seen in some people with the condition. It is hoped the findings will help with the development of treatments in the future.