Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Trauma

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Trauma

About 3.5% of American adults develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) each year. PTSD is a mental…

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Researchers Identify Link Between Childhood Trauma, PTSD

Researchers Identify Link Between Childhood Trauma, PTSD

Post-traumatic stress disorder doesn’t confine itself to combat veterans and adult survivors of abuse, domestic violence,…

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Therapy for Childhood Trauma Can Make a Difference

Therapy for Childhood Trauma Can Make a Difference

A traumatic event poses a threat to a child’s life or physical safety. This includes events…

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Understanding why some children develop PTSD and anxiety after trauma

Understanding why some children develop PTSD and anxiety after trauma

A new study has shed light on why some children and adolescents develop mental health disorders…

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What Is Intergenerational Trauma?

What Is Intergenerational Trauma?

Intergenerational trauma refers to trauma that is passed from a trauma survivor to their descendants. It…

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‘Chronic traumatic stress disorder’: the Palestinian psychiatrist challenging western definitions of trauma | Gaza

‘Chronic traumatic stress disorder’: the Palestinian psychiatrist challenging western definitions of trauma | Gaza

Even before the war in Gaza broke out, people in the besieged Palestinian territory had some…

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