TBI triggers both primary mechanical damage and delayed secondary injuries like inflammation and neurodegeneration. Cognitive effects may include memory loss, mood swings, and impaired social judgment ...
A new study from the University of Tampere highlights the long-term impact of pediatric traumatic brain injuries (pTBI), revealing that even a mild concussion makes kids 15% less likely to pursue ...
A study conducted at Tampere University shows that a blow to the head can significantly impact a child’s or adolescent’s future education and, consequently, their career. Even a mild concussion can ...
Children who experience traumatic events may show subtle but measurable differences in how their brains process attention and control impulses, according to a new study published in Neuropsychologia.
As the United States this year reflects on the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, researchers from UC Davis and UC San Francisco have uncovered major insight into the trauma and ...
NPR's A Martinez speaks with Chris Nowinski, co-founder and CEO of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, about the brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. Study my brain. As we just heard, ...
Strangulation is common during violence by an intimate partner and linked to long-term neurobehavioral symptoms, traumatic ...
Two soldiers experience the same explosion. One returns home and gradually readjusts to civilian life. The other develops PTSD, jumping at sudden sounds and showing erratic and violent behavior. How ...
Traumatic events and experiences overwhelm our ability to cope and integrate our experience. Complex trauma is a specific type of trauma that involves multiple or repeated traumatic experiences, often ...
Forced to flee as a child, today Elham Rostami saves lives in emergency situations - and conducts research to understand why ...
U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to increase support for children who have been exposed to Adverse ...