People who grew up in difficult homes often learn to survive stress before they learn how to feel safe. Over time, childhood ...

Many people assume that once the initial symptoms improve, the brain has fully recovered. However, experts stress that ...

When trauma strikes: Researchers say timing, not type, of trauma drives long-term brain and behavior changes. Distinct age effects: Childhood trauma linked to social issues; adolescent trauma tied to ...

Traumatic brain injuries (TBI)—even mild concussions—may trigger a chain reaction in the brain that disrupts neuronal communication, long-term memory and cognition, according to University of ...

Trauma seems to co-occur with brain injury. How can it not when brain injury devastates almost every part of one’s life? I researched and devoted a portion of my book, Brain Injury, Trauma, and Grief: ...

A study by researchers at the CU Anschutz Marcus Institute for Brain Health suggests that veterans with concussions may continue to show subtle but measurable brain function differences more than a ...

Nowhere is this clearer than in the brain that has lived through trauma. With the end of PTSD Awareness Month a few days ago, and in a community like ours, one that has weathered fire and flood, that ...

A bump to the head can sometimes change a person’s life forever. Traumatic brain injury, often called TBI, happens when a ...

Researchers found that World Trade Center responders with PTSD showed molecular changes associated with faster biological ...

Over a year ago, I wrote a post about how trauma is "not just in your head". Here, I follow it up with corroborating evidence. I’ve dedicated most of my life to treating trauma using ...

The recent Four Corners episode exposed the devastating impacts of degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic ...