Childhood trauma can completely alter the trajectory of someone’s life, but for others, it barely affects them at all. After going through trauma, why do some people seem fine?
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Hockey culture’s tendency to prefer attributes like mental toughness over emotional vulnerability can damage athletes when they’re confronted with traumatic events. This needs to change.
The analysis shows that ketamine may start relieving symptoms of PTSD within one day, but it is still unclear how long the effects last and how many injections are needed to maintain benefits.
Sad Bad Girl novels combine the haplessness of Bridget Jones with the despair of Sally Rooney. Liz Evans assesses a ‘buzzy’ debut within the genre and a #MeToo novel that refreshingly defies categories.
One treatment option for children’s trauma is eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing, or EMDR. Here’s how it works and what the research says about its effectiveness.
Many people who aren’t Jewish are responding as if what’s been taking place is just another episode of Israeli-Palestinian violence. But it’s different for many Jews.
Sexual assault trials can compound a victim/survivors trauma, drag on for years and bring them face to face with their attacker. Is having dedicated sexual assault courts the answer?
A trauma- and violence-informed approach calls for participants, coaches, managers and organizations to understand the effects of systemic, structural and interpersonal violence.
We’ve had an early start to the bushfire season and there’s more to come. No wonder spring isn’t always a celebration.
Our health consumes a growing share of our economy and our attention, but we are not in great shape. Even as a ruinous pandemic subsides, epidemics of chronic disease, obesity, addiction and mental illness…
As US cities struggle to reduce homelessness, two scholars explain how planners can reform shelter design to be more humane and to prioritize mental health and well-being.
Resettled families did not receive adequate compensation for property left behind and were rarely provided with sufficient funds to build new lives.
Grief is a natural response to loss, but if it significantly affects your ability to function, it may be time to seek professional help.
A Calgary refugee health clinic documented the stories of 242 Yazidi genocide survivors, recounting enslavement, slaughter and forced indoctrination.
Deep psychological factors play a part in obesity, including childhood trauma.
You have probably heard of ‘fight or flight’ responses to distressing situations. You may also be familiar with the tendency to ‘freeze’. But there is another response a person can have: ‘fawn’.
No matter their age, gender, ethnicity or locale, kids undergoing this therapy can make real progress in recovering from the most devastating traumas.
Music therapy offers a flexible and accessible way of supporting wellbeing and addressing traumatic experiences.
Psychological debriefing usually involves counsellors providing survivors with a single counselling session soon after an event. But ‘talking through’ trauma can over-consolidate painful memories.
The story of Anne Hamilton-Byrne’s cult The Family has been told in a non-fiction book and documentary, a novel, In the Clearing, and now a Disney+ series. What can stories like this teach us?
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Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
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Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Humanities, University of Southern Queensland
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Albert E. Kent Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University
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Professor of Social Work, CQUniversity Australia
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Professor of Psychology, University of Denver
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Professor & Director of Traumatic Stress Clinic, UNSW
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Associate Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, The Kids Research Institute Australia
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Associate Professor, Paramedicine and Head of Department, Rural Allied Health, La Trobe University
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Professor of English, Flinders University
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Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
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Counseling Psychologist, Catholic University of Eastern Africa
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Professor, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne
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