“Brain injury” is a term with both a literal meaning and societally-held connotation. Literally, it’s an injury to the brain. But generally speaking, it connotes the idea of skull damage, such as a ...

Researchers know a lot about the traumatic brain injuries that occur in contact sports and combat, but they're just beginning to study injuries from another leading cause - domestic violence. NPR's ...

Please be advised this article contains details of family violence. Domestic violence causes disability for women through lasting impacts on their brains. Traumatic brain injury refers to damage to, ...

Enduring brutal physical abuse can increase the risk of developing a sinister brain disease, yet many victim-survivors are ...

Domestic violence is now recognized as a leading cause of traumatic brain injury, and there are hints that this kind of physical abuse produces a distinct pattern of damage in the brain. NPR's Jon ...

Angie Smith hopes sharing her story of intimate partner violence (IPV) that left her with a brain injury will encourage other survivors to seek help. Smith is vice-president of the Canadian Royal ...

Celena Henry says she lost count of how many times her abuser hit her in the head but remembers vividly when she decided to leave him. "My feet left the floor, my body slammed against the wall, and I ...

María E. Garay-Serratos was about 4 years old when she first saw her father assault her mother. "My mom was hit a lot," says Garay-Serratos. "There was choking, a lot of shaking, objects thrown at her ...

Researchers may one day be able to identify biomarkers that could indicate when a patient's brain is showing signs of assault, even when they... Researchers start studying traumatic brain injury from ...

(Please be advised this article contains details of family violence.) Domestic violence causes disability for women through lasting impacts on their brains. Traumatic brain injury refers to damage to, ...

Researchers may one day be able to identify biomarkers that could indicate when a patient's brain is showing signs of assault, even when they themselves are unable or too afraid to report it.