Archives of Trauma and Emergency Medicine

Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s are increasingly recognized as key contributors to fall risk among older adults. Falls are the leading cause of injury-related emergency visits among the elderly, and cognitive decline appears to play a bidirectional role in this relationship. As one classic study noted, the presence of senile dementia of the Alzheimer type (SDAT) more than doubles the risk of serious falls compared to cognitively normal older adults.

Adolescence is a pivotal stage of heightened brain plasticity and risk, neurobiologically marked by the comprehension lag between the emotion regulating subcortical areas and the executive functioning prefrontal cortex. This commentary provides a critical, evidence-based appraisal of urban recreational parks as essential neuro-structural scaffolding for the maturing adolescent brain.

Chronic interpersonal abuse in workplace settings may generate trauma-spectrum symptoms that present in acute or crisis contexts. However, such cases are often described using lay terminology and may remain under-recognized in emergency and trauma medicine. This report examines a case of chronic workplace interpersonal trauma conceptualized within trauma-informed frameworks of coercive control and prolonged relational stress.