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Brain, Behavior, & Mind, sponsored by the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (CSTS) at the Uniformed Services University (USU), is a series of global forums featuring distinguished scientists, clinicians, and leaders whose work spans neuroscience, psychiatry, psychology, and public health. Each event explores new insights in our understanding of health and illness by integrating knowledge from genes to community and from the research bench to bedside care. Our aim is to advance the science and clinical care needed for the diverse populations of the U.S. Department of War and the Nation who face complex and stressful environments.

Mass violence, such as the recent shooting at Brown University in Providence, RI, can be extremely stressful and make us feel unsafe and uncertain. CSTS resources will help you know what steps to take that can lower distress and improve functioning for yourself and those around you:

Please click HERE for action-oriented fact sheets and additional information to help individuals, communities, and organizations in the aftermath of the shootings at Brown University in Providence, RI.

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Brain, Behavior, & Mind is a series of global forums featuring distinguished scientists, clinicians, and leaders whose work spans neuroscience, psychiatry, psychology, and public health. Each event explores new insights in our understanding of health and illness.

Brain, Behavior, & Mind events are sponsored by the CSTS, in collaboration with USU’s Department of Psychiatry, Neuroscience Program, Department of Family Medicine, Center for Deployment Psychology, and Brain and Behavior Hub.

Research on suicide risk among the U.S. Army’s elite special operations forces (SOF) has been extremely limited, but CSTS's STARRS team aims to bridge that knowledge gap with this new article in JAMA Network Open. CSTS Assistant Scientific Director, Dr. James A. Naifeh, and colleagues examine suicidal behaviors among SOF operators and SOF support personnel during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

Catastrophic natural disasters, such as heavy rainfall and flash flooding across Central Texas, the Hill Country, and Concho Valley cause extreme disruption and can be stressful for individuals, families, and communities. 

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