The violence we’re witnessing on our phones impacts us on both on an individual and societal scale. This grief needs to be processed.
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Across the Caribbean, rebuilding after disaster means more than clearing debris. The real recovery is psychological, and it can take years.
From armed conflict to the devastating 2004 tsunami, Aceh Chinese’s existence is almost forgotten despite having settled in the province for centuries.
As the election nears, it seems everyone is afraid.
Family caregivers of residents in longterm care homes experienced a collective trauma as they were kept away from their loved ones during the pandemic. This isolation has long-ranging impacts.
During spring and summer, as more people consider exercising outdoors, a trauma- and violence-informed approach to physical activity can help ensure equity, inclusion, safety and access.
When a patriarchal society is combined with a history of colonialism, women in that country are at heightened risk of gender-based violence.
Ancient Athenians and Romans also let shared mass tragedies propel justifications for going to war – even when it wasn’t clear what that violence would solve.
Collective trauma research tells us if you haven’t been through the event, you’ll never quite understand. That doesn’t mean people outside Melbourne haven’t had their own experience, or can’t help.
Most of us are familiar with the concept of psychological trauma. But what is collective trauma, and how can we tackle it in the wake of the bushfire crisis?
Even indirect exposure to the terrorist attacks of September 11 has left profound and deep impact on those too young to remember a world before that.
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Assistant Professor, University of California, Irvine
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Associate Professor, Health Sciences, Carleton University
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Assistant Professor, the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto
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Senior Research Fellow, Co-lead Knowledge Translation, UNSW ; The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Global Health, UCL
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Associate Professor, Paramedicine and Head of Department, Rural Allied Health, La Trobe University
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Professor of Classical Studies, Brandeis University
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Associate Teaching Professor, Criminology and Justice, Ontario Tech University
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Senior Fellow & Scientist; Retired professor; Harvard Humanitarian Initiative; Global Health, Harvard University
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Associate Professor, School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Canada
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Research Fellow in End-of-life and Grief Studies, RMIT University
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Professor of Mobile Media and Games., RMIT University
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Rachel Hadas is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of English, Rutgers University - Newark
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PhD Candidate, Lund University
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Researcher, Psychology, University of Oslo