Trauma is the condition of being overwhelmed by threatening and chaotic events over which you have no control. A trauma from outside the body (an infection, an assault, ongoing work stress, exposure ...

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 ...

It was June 2022, a typical warm day in Nashville, Tennessee. Kristyn Pierfelice, a compassionate speech therapist who worked with children, was behind the wheel, likely thinking about her next ...

You move through the world in survival mode. You scan for signs that something is off in others, in your environment, or in your own body. Calm doesn’t feel fully trustworthy because even when things ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Ann McKee, director Boston University's center for research into the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic ...

They found, for the first time, that mental health problems and severe pain showed the strongest connections to childhood trauma. Adults who experienced childhood adversity were significantly more ...

For three decades, Tulane University psychology professor Stacy Overstreet has studied the impact of chronic stress and trauma on New Orleans children — from community violence and poverty to ...

Aaron Zamzow urges firefighters to recognize how their job prompts their body's immune system to stay on high alert and cause ...