trauma

Effects of Low-Level Blast on Neurovascular Health and Cerebral Blood Flow: Current Findings and Future Opportunities in Neuroimaging Kilgore, Madison O.; Hubbard, W. Brad Low-level blast (LLB) exposure can lead to alterations in neurological health, cerebral vasculature, and cerebral blood...

Sylvester, R. et al. (2021) The Queen Square Brain Injury Clinic, ACNR. https://acnr.co.uk/articles/the-queen-square-brain-injury-clinic/ Abstract There is recognition of the need for rehabilitation after TBI, but less for expert diagnosis at the level of pathology and impairment during...

Clinician-associated traumatization from difficult medical encounters: Results from a qualitative interview study on the Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667321523000215 Abstract: Patients with hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome often experience...

https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/early/2022/03/08/jnnp-2021-328700 Abstract Objective To study whether exposure to childhood emotional, sexual or physical abuse is associated with subsequent multiple sclerosis (MS) development. Methods A nationwide, prospective cohort study based on participants...

Article in Mirror; https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/comedians-could-prescribed-nhs-help-25831867

Highlights PNES may be associated with a history of previous trauma/abuse. Abuse was more commonly reported in the PNES group than the epilepsy group. Future research should control for the effects of comorbid depression and anxiety in patients with PNES. Abstract Psychogenic nonepileptic...

Full title: Elements of Suffering in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The Experience of Loss, Grief, Stigma, and Trauma in the Severely and Very Severely Affected Abstract People who are severely and very severely affected by Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome...

Abstract Objective: Psychosocial trauma was associated with developing conversion disorder (also known as functional neurological disorder) before Freud, though why a particular symptom should arise is unknown. We aimed to determine if there was a relationship between trauma type and symptom...

Full title: Persistent Suffering: The Serious Consequences of Sexual Violence against Women and Girls, Their Search for Inner Healing and the Significance of the #MeToo Movement This paper uses the method of theory synthesis, primarily from our own previous studies and psychoneuroimmunology...

Nature Communications: Early-life-trauma triggers interferon-β resistance and neurodegeneration in a multiple sclerosis model via downregulated β1-adrenergic signaling - Yee Ming Khaw et al Abstract Environmental triggers have important functions in multiple sclerosis (MS) susceptibility...

Abstract I'm posting this mainly because of the interesting discussion on this Reddit thread: It's an excellent look into the dynamics of the crisis of replicability that inflates meaningless editorialized results into seemingly credible clinical advice, along with very dubious methodological...

Split from this thread. @Forbin I was reading up on vestibular exhaustion. Interesting how managing it is similar to PEM avoidance. "If you have a chronic vestibular disorder, you probably struggle with fatigue that may rob you of your spontaneity. When you’re feeling well, you may...

Note that "chronic Fatigue syndrome" is not mentioned anywhere in the abstract https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022399919305574

(Not a recommendation.) To cure my chronic pain, I had to learn about the links between mind and body. The Guardian 1 Jul 2019 The BPS model of chronic pain proposed by Sarno, unresolved trauma etc, is what Howard Schubiner et al are suggesting is also applicable to ME/CFS. (As I have...

https://www.wonderful.org/fundraiser/highlightingtraumafrommedicalencounterswithme-b89a2139?sfns=mo We're raising funds for the above research. Dr Adeniji is new to the field but his senior supervisors are not. A Professor of GP and a trauma psychologist will provide advice. This preliminary...

Will an app a day, keep the doctor away? A critical look at BPS based phone apps. In my opinion, these apps may not be designed to keep the doctor away, but to keep patients away from their doctors - in a "don't bother us with your imaginary health problems," kind of way. They seem to be...

How do we educate all the doctors who believe ME/CFS is psychosomatic? In this Psychology Today article from 2016 "Explaining the Unexplainable: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome", Howard Schubiner M.D. states that: "It is my opinion, and the opinion of a group of physicians and mental health...

Not at all sure of the value of this. Paywall at https://journals.lww.com/otology-neurotology/Abstract/publishahead/Can_a_Chronic_BPPV_With_a_History_of_Trauma_be_the.96598.aspx