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It is common for car accident survivors to develop various psychological symptoms, including driving or passenger anxiety. While many people recover, some continue experiencing high anxiety related to driving or even being a passenger in a car. The anxiety may also escalate to an overwhelming fear of driving resulting in avoidance of driving.

Grief is a sense of deep sorrow experienced after a significant loss. The death of a spouse or a close family member is among the five most significant stressful life changes causing grief. With dementia, spouses and other caregivers often start experiencing grief years even while their loved one are still with them.

This is the last topic of three in our series on Psychoneuroimmunology and Neuropsychology. This current topic will be on the effects of the human gut microbiome (gastrointestinal system) upon thinking abilities, and behavioral functioning. This series will be expanded into an article that will be submitted to the Journal of Psychoneuroimmunology by the authors.

Conventional wisdom suggests that chronic pain is a medical problem and that medical doctors are the best at treating pain? This may be true. However, decades of research have shown that an “interdisciplinary” approach to treating a chronic pain condition is superior to any single intervention (to be clear,

Cognitive dysfunction refers to a broad range of changes and abnormalities in our  thinking that affects a person’s memory, perception, language, problem-solving, and other mental abilities. Cognitive dysfunction is not a specific medical condition, rather a term used to describe a group of symptoms that can arise from underlying brain conditions.

It is estimated that 39 million of people in America suffer from migraine headaches. Symptoms usually vary from person to person and often involve various parts of the body (e.g., pain/pressure around eyes, temples, jaw, neck, sinuses, sensitivity to light, noise,

Part 1 of a 4-Part Series For many years it was widely believed that the brain’s immune system was separate from the rest of the body, but extensive research has suggested that the two systems are tightly related. While the immune system plays the beneficial role in the normal development and recovery of the brain,

Research indicates the ability to complete everyday tasks declines in people with dementia, causing increased stress in their home environment. Home is the place where people with dementia spend most of their time. Modifying their home environment can help support their sense of independence and reduce anxiety and depression.

“Music can lift us out of depression or move us to tears- it’s a remedy, a tonic, orange juice for the ear. But for many of my neurological patients, music is even more–it can provide access, even when no medication can,