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The Silent Curse To Watch
Image by Hilary Clark from Pixabay As the world confronts the coronavirus pandemic, similar to PTSD, we need to be mindful of the lasting impact of an invisible ailment.By David Cummings Residents in American cities are struggling with ... | Read More
Six Degrees of Separation
The impact of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder has no boundaries. Millions of Americans are suffering from it and know it. Millions more are dealing with it and don’t know they have it. By David Chmiel More than 8 million Americans struggle to ... | Read More
Family Tree
Trauma can transfer through generations.By Helen T. Verongos Post Traumatic Stress Disorder can stem from experiences far less dramatic than the nearby blast of an I.E.D. or a land mine. Trauma-inducing events can be the simple separation of ... | Read More
“This Is Going to Compound Your Problems”: Coronavirus Poses New Challenge for Many with Mental Illness
Image by Tumisu from Pixabay "This Is Going to Compound Your Problems": Coronavirus Poses New Challenge for Many with Mental Illness . . . Coronavirus: How to Take Care of Mental Health During Self-Isolation? . . . Trauma of ... | Read More
Surviving & Thriving
A witness to a mass murder uses her own pain to heal others.By David Cummings Lisa Hamp's email signature says a lot about her current state of being. There's her full name, Lisa Hamp, then her story: School Shooting Survivor, Trauma Recovery ... | Read More
Please Tell Someone Directly
An Iraqi veteran recounts coming out as gay, and his passion for helping other veterans deal with PTSD.By Jeff Key My story from Iraq is atypical, and I'll say out of the gate that I was never in a firefight. I was fired on, but it was from such a ... | Read More
Project: Harmony
Music education empowers low-income students to transform their lives.By Andre Carter After Los Angeles gang members became riveted while watching her five-year-old son playing Brahms on the violin, Dr. Margaret Martin was inspired to use music to ... | Read More
“Pay for Success” Helps Veterans with PTSD Find and Keep Meaningful Jobs
“Pay for Success” Helps Veterans with PTSD Find and Keep Meaningful Jobs . . . Two Thirds of Adults Put Off Joining the Military Amid Fears They Will Suffer PTSD . . . 4 Factors That May Lower PTSD Risk and Bolster Resilience . . . VA Taking on the ... | Read More
Recovery Ranch
At this ranch treatment facility, the staff has found that nature may be the best medicine around. By Tim Smith Recovery Ranch is a working horse and cattle ranch set on 20,000 wooded acres outside Nashville, Tennessee. There are no big city ... | Read More
PTSD Research Developments of 2019: Year in Review
PTSD Research Developments of 2019: Year in Review . . . Wounded Iraq War Vet with PTSD Sues over German Shepherd Service Dog . . . Texoma Veteran Loses Battle with PTSD . . . Preserved Cortical Thickness, Surface Area and Volume in Adolescents with ... | Read More