Stars and Stripes | Apr 3, 2025
The bill — called the Service Dogs Assisting Veterans Act or SAVES Act — would authorize the Department of Veterans Affairs for the first time to award grants to nonprofits to provide service dogs at no cost to veterans with disabilities.
BBC | Apr 3, 2025
Many people swear that cold water swimming has a positive effect on their mental health and wellbeing.
Now research is being done to see if there is science behind the theory that taking an ice-cold dip can help tackle post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
The New York Times | Apr 3, 2025
Easy everyday habits can help keep you sharp. And it’s never too late to start them.
AARP | Apr 1, 2025
A sizable 43 percent of Americans age 50-plus have injured their head at some point in their lives, an AARP survey has found. About one-third of those incidents were likely traumatic brain injuries, or TBIs, which can have lifelong consequences for physical, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral health.
Psychology Today | Mar 31, 2025
Help end the stigmatization associated with symptoms of complex trauma.
Scientific American | Mar 31, 2025
A “Goldilocks” measure of green space might help stave off dementia, but an excess could lead to cognitive decline
Big Think | Mar 24, 2025
A powerful psychedelic long used in African rituals shows surprising promise for treating traumatic brain injury and PTSD.
WHYY | Mar 24, 2025
Doctors have to make life and death decisions for patients with severe brain injuries, but they can’t always agree about the potential for recovery.
BBC | Mar 24, 2025
Almost two-thirds of the claimants in a concussion lawsuit against rugby league authorities showed symptoms of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, according to documents seen by the BBC.
The Atlantic | Mar 21, 2025
A new production of Othello foregrounds what its earliest audiences recognized: the psychological costs of war.
Mental Floss | Mar 21, 2025
Anyone who has ever played ‘Tetris’ knows how addictive the ’80s video game can be. Scientists say the Tetris Effect may even have psychological benefits for people coping with PTSD.
Discover Magazine | Mar 20, 2025
Understanding how the brain responds to fear could help treat people with phobias, PTSD, and anxiety.
The Conversation | Mar 19, 2025
Most young athletes also have significantly lower neck strength compared to adults. This weakness, combined with a proportionally larger head size relative to their neck, leads to greater forces transmitted to the brain when an impact occurs.
The New York Times | Mar 5, 2025
The research constitutes some of the first evidence that the condition is associated with modifications in the brain before childbirth.
Discover | Mar 5, 2025
Learn how brain circuits that help regulate slumber may also control consciousness, helping advance research.
The Wall Street Journal | Mar 4, 2025
Elite athletes are learning that the best way to recover from a sports-related concussion isn’t to shut down all physical activity. It’s to get back in a workout routine—and quickly.
Military.com | Mar 4, 2025
Key senators, including the chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, are renewing a push for an in-depth study of how brain injuries affect veterans' mental health.
Australian Broadcasting Company | Feb 26, 2025
The federal government will fund a $12.5 million pilot, led by Dementia Australia, to support people living with probable chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
It comes after years of campaigning from rugby league legend Wally Lewis.
The Brink | Feb 26, 2025
CTE Center encourages former players and families to reach out with CTE concerns, saying “we are learning how to effectively treat symptoms, especially in mid-life”
NPR | Feb 26, 2025
In 2015, the NFL agreed to an uncapped settlement to pay former players diagnosed with brain disease. The agreement came after players sued the league for covering what it knew about the links between brain disease and football. But who's gotten paid and how much is affected by their race. On the final episode of our series on race and football, we speak with Will Hobson, investigative sports reporter at The Washington Post.
Psychology Today | Feb 13, 2025
The late-night doubts that haunt us are designed to make us question our trauma.
Smithsonian Magazine | Feb 11, 2025
Researchers identified two brain areas in mice that helped the animals learn to suppress their instinctive fears of predators.
Military.com | Feb 6, 2025
Data exclusively shared with Military.com from a live-fire mortar exercise by U.S. Army troops indicates that simply standing near mortars can significantly disrupt Autonomic Nervous System, or ANS, functioning within a day to worse levels than seen in concussed college athletes or elderly hospital patients.
The New York Times | Feb 6, 2025
The Navy quietly started screening elite fighter pilots for signs of brain injuries caused by flying, a risk it officially denies exists.
Psychology Today | Jan 31, 2025
Unseen wounds that remain unhealed.
