Most 9/11 first responders experienced improvement in PTSD symptoms about 10 years after the traumatic event, but approximately 10 per cent saw symptoms worsen even two decades later.

Cyberbullying in any form can cause symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and should be considered an “adverse childhood experience” (ACE), a recent analysis finds.

A veteran's brain showed no signs of physical injury, until a post-mortem after his suicide found microscopic scars. Now, his father is fighting to protect others in the military.

An increasing number of veterans are looking for solutions to their PTSD outside of federally legal medicines and the VA itself is considering the possibility of psychedelics. 

When wildfires threaten entire communities, the emotional struggle doesn’t always end when the flames burn out. For many survivors, the stress of evacuations, destruction, and starting over leaves a lingering pain that can resurface weeks, months, or even years later.

For the first time in over 50 years, emergency room doctors will have a new framework to assess people with head injuries from car or bike crashes, falls and assaults.

Existing assessment protocols for traumatic brain injury rely on broad, vague measures that filter patients into three categories based on their symptoms: mild, moderate and severe. Doctors hope the new classification system, published Tuesday in The Lancet Neurology, will bring more detail to diagnosis and more nuance to treatment.

Modifying rules and grouping players by size rather than age can limit the risks

Moving beyond a single threshold could help clinicians intervene earlier and improve patient outcomes after brain injuries.

Nearly 100 neurology experts collaborated on the creation of a new method of evaluating patients with traumatic brain injuries.