_ Concussions and other common head injuriesTraumatic Brain Injury Patients Vulnerable to Mental-Health Issues By Jane Farrell articleAbout 20 percent of patients may show mental-health symptoms up to six months after suffering a mild traumatic brain injury … Read More→
_ Addiction & Substance OveruseThe Pros and Cons of Using Online Support Groups for Addiction, Grief, PTSD or Eating Disorders By Sondra Forsyth articleAs we enter 2019, the Internet has ushered in a new trend of online support groups. These online communities have … Read More→
_ Mental & Emotional HealthIn-Person Contact May Protect Vets Against PTSD and Depression By Jane Farrell articleHaving regular in-person contact appears to protect against depression and PTSD in veterans, but Facebook contact might not be beneficial. … Read More→
_ Mental & Emotional HealthPossible Causes of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder By Sondra Forsyth articleTypically, when we hear PTSD, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, we think of military veterans who experience vivid and often debilitating panic-inducing … Read More→
_ Mental & Emotional HealthTreating PTSD with Psychedelics By Jane Farrell articleEven if you’ve never used illegal drugs, you probably have some idea what LSD and other psychedelic substances do to … Read More→
_ Mental & Emotional HealthPsychedelic Drugs Could Help to Fight Depression, Anxiety, Addiction + PTSD By Sondra Forsyth articlePsychedelic drugs may have mind-altering powers in the physical sense, too. A study done at the University of California, Davis … Read More→
_ Mental & Emotional HealthMusic Can Be A Major Key to Therapeutic Healing By Sondra Forsyth articleMusic plays a significant role in nearly everyone’s life, but for some people it represents much more than an invitation … Read More→
_ Brain HealthKeeping New Memories Separate from Old Ones as We Age By Sondra Forsyth articleThe hippocampus, the memory-forming center of the brain, generates new neurons throughout our lives. As time goes by, the older … Read More→
Mental & Emotional HealthSome Vietnam Vets Have PTSD 40 Years After the War Ended By Adprime Admin articleAlthough it has been 40 years since the Vietnam War ended, about 271,000 veterans who served in the war zone … Read More→
Mental & Emotional HealthTrauma Nation By articleWe don’t have to look far to notice the amount of negativity that surrounds us on a daily and consistent … Read More→
_ Memorial Day: Honoring and Helping Vets By Jane Farrell articleMemorial Day isn’t only the kickoff to summer, it’s also a time to thank those who fought and died for … Read More→
Mental & Emotional HealthPTSD Linked To Accelerated Aging By articlePost-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is already linked with a number of conditions, including depression, anger and substance abuse. And now, … Read More→
_ Mental & Emotional HealthBad Memories Turned Good By Sondra Forsyth articleRecalling an emotional experience, even years later, can bring back the same intense feelings. Researchers from the RIKEN-MIT Center for Neural Circuit Genetics n Japan have revealed the brain pathway that links external events to the internal emotional state, forming one memory by engaging different brain areas. The study published in August 2014 the journal Nature also demonstrates that the positive or negative emotional valence of memory can be reversed during later memory recall.