WASHINGTON — In times of tragedy, we lean on one another. Our community is mourning the devastating loss of 67 lives after a heartbreaking midair collision between an American Airlines jet and an Army ...

Sandy Hook counselors explain how communities should respond and prepare. This is a MedPage Today story. Three days after the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, social worker and child ...

Trauma can look different for everyone. It can arise after being in an accident, losing a loved one, experiencing natural disasters, witnessing something traumatic happen to someone else, and many ...

Trauma comes in many forms. Natural disasters such as wildfires, hurricanes, earthquakes and tornadoes can certainly be difficult life-altering events. Being diagnosed with a chronic condition or ...

This post is the second of a series about dispelling trauma myths. (You can read the first one here.) As a phenomenon, trauma involves a collection of experiences and reactions rooted in our ...

Demi Lovato dives into the mental health challenges that come with fame at a young age in a new documentary − and in it she reveals something experts say is key to understanding trauma. In "Child Star ...

FORT JOHNSON, La. —First aid for the mind is a critical need in the wake of traumatic events. At the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Johnson, the behavioral health department from Bayne-Jones ...

Do you continually get involved with abusive partners (physical, emotional, or sexual abuse)? Do you constantly get involved with unavailable, rejecting, or abandoning people? Do you tend to treat ...

Most people experience a traumatic event some time during their lives — losing a loved one, being the victim of violence or surviving a natural disaster. But what happens when the impact of trauma is ...

Severe airway inflammation impairs the ability of mice to learn when a dangerous situation is no longer a threat, suggesting that the lungs influence emotions and behaviour. This lung-brain connection ...