Psychology Today

How Does Trauma Hijack the Brain?

Have you ever wondered how trauma might be impacting your brain? Today, I’m going to discuss the concept of the triune brain and how each part of your brain may process traumatic experiences. The ...

Hormone estradiol shapes women's brain responses to threat after trauma, study finds

Women are more than twice as likely as men to develop stress-related conditions such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), ...
Psychology Today

The Integration of EMDR With the Trauma Resiliency Model

Kathleen Wheeler, Ph.D., is a past president of the EMDR International Association and a psychiatric nurse practitioner. She is also the author of Psychotherapy for the Advanced Practice Psychiatric ...
News Medical

Deep brain stimulation shows promise for improving arm and hand function after injury

Deep brain stimulation may provide immediate improvement in arm and hand strength and function weakened by traumatic brain injury or stroke, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers ...
CNN

Maine mass shooter’s brain tissue showed signs of traumatic injury but not CTE

Tissue samples from the brain of the man who killed 18 people during a shooting rampage at a bowling alley and a restaurant in Lewiston, Maine, in October showed evidence of traumatic brain injury but ...
Clinical Advisor

Normalizing Trauma Screening in Clinical Encounters

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

Traumatic brain injuries have toxic effects that last weeks after initial impact − an antioxidant material reduces this damage in mice

Postdoctoral Fellow in Materials Science and Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology While much of the physical brain damage occurs instantly – called the primary stage of injury – ...