Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a complex mental health condition that results from exposure to life-threatening or injurious events. The characteristic symptoms of PTSD include intrusive ...

Despite growing awareness, many clinicians remain reluctant to screen for trauma, according to Dr Melinyshyn. Concerns like ...

Key points C-PTSD fuels a toxic spiral of inner criticism, shame, and self-blame. Chronic shame shapes identity, making healing and having self-worth feel out of reach. Cognitive restructuring, ...

Repeated hits to the head, even if they do not cause concussions, may cause lasting damage to the brain and even something known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, growing scientific evidence has ...

While many people who sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) recover within weeks or months of their injury, others experience long-term symptoms and disabilities. This public workshop will explore ...

A commentary, published in the Journal of Neurotrauma, calls for traumatic brain injury to be recognized as a chronic condition as are diabetes, asthma, depression and heart failure. To provide ...

Christian LoBue, PhD, and a team from UT Southwestern Medical Center, conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to further investigate this topic. They included 36 studies with 563 unique cases ...

In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers investigated how exposure to head trauma from playing ice hockey can increase the risk of encephalopathy, dementia, and functional status.

Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed is a clinical psychologist and researcher specializing in trauma, somatic symptoms, and psychopathology ...