Trauma involving violation of trust, or betrayal trauma, plays a significant role in the lifetime trajectories of homeless adults. This study investigates this type of trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity in the chronically homeless population. The sample consisted of 77 ...
This study found that social support was not enough to reduce PTSD symptoms in adolescents exposed to trauma and adversity. Programs focused only on improving social support may not be effective in reducing mental health symptoms for adolescents, particularly when there has been severe and/or ...
Life After Trauma I want to be really clear on something: PTG does not imply that trauma is not destructive and challenging. And it does not say that victims should be able to simply bounce back to “normal life” after adversity. Rather, PTG evidence shows us that over time, people can...
“It’s not joy that replaces sorrow, but it is joy that stands alone and does give you a respite in the middle of the kind of this unrelenting grief that happens at this time of year.”– Bo SternHow to Hold Joy and Pain at Christmas...
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-type="bookmark" style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" class="mce_SELRES_start"> Click here for full transcript The more we learn about emerging defense responses to trauma – like the “please and appease” (or fawn) response – the better...
“But it didn’t ruin me”: A Feminist Phenomenological Analysis of Trauma and Healing After Intimate Partner Violence Article 24 April 2025 Sex Trade Survivor Mentors (STSM) are Women who have experienced involvement in the Sex Trade (WST) in their past and hold a dual and unique identity...
To help a client overcome trauma, we need to keep them: Comfortable and relaxed. Present: PTSD drags people back in time, or at least that’s the way it feels. Disassociated: The client needs to experience being associated with the present or a sense of resourceful empowerment, and disassoc...
Although previous analogue studies suggest that ImRs does not pose a general risk regarding memory distortion, it can not be ruled out that ImRs could cause memory impairment under certain risk conditions. In our three-day online trauma film study we investigated in a healthy sample (N = 267)...
When can I expect to start feeling better? Are there side effects to mymedication? What should I do if I feel worse? What if I have an emergency? How much does a psychiatrist appointment cost? A session with a psychiatrist generally costs between $100 and $200. Some doctors cost more,...