Delirium is a type of confusion that develops suddenly—over the course of hours or days—and most commonly affects older adults who are hospitalized or in a long-term care facility. “We refer to ...

Psychological interventions aimed at preventing PTSD following exposure to trauma—overview of research findings. A 2013 review (AHRQ Pub. No. 13-EHC062-1-EF April 2013) compared the efficacy, ...

In my senior year of college, I began my first job as a social worker, counseling victims of sexual assault. I began every morning determined to help my clients, who had experienced major trauma. But ...

The Action Collaborative brings together leaders from academic and research institutions and key stakeholders to collaboratively work toward and share targeted actions on addressing and preventing ...

In a recent randomized clinical trial, we found adding Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy to Prevent Suicide (MBCT-S) to treatment-as-usual reduced the total number of suicide events and the ...

These are times where the heartbeat of the world’s economy seems to be uncontrollably fibrillating. And with this come psychosocial stressors that can disrupt the pulse of many. This cascades into ...

Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) are a group of neurodegenerative disorders that cause devastating impacts to health, affecting over 6.5 million Americans. Despite recent advances ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A new study emphasizes the need to stop pandemics before they start, stepping beyond the quest for new vaccines and treatments for zoonotic ...

In our always-on work culture, burnout is a silent epidemic lurking within high-performing teams. Productivity metrics may paint a picture of success, but the reality for many employees is a growing ...

We are living in an era in which the level of human suffering as a result of intra-State conflict seems to be escalating exponentially. The essential challenge remains how to create the political ...