In the days and weeks following the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, a cadre of psychologists trained in disaster relief intervened to foster recovery among survivors and first responders. The ...

Much of the time our lives seem safe and predictable. Serious road-traffic collisions, plane crashes, train accidents, natural disasters, criminal assaults, terrorist attacks, and other sorts of ...

More often than not, it's not personal. According to a trauma therapist, if you often struggle with taking other people’s moods too personally, this behavior is likely rooted in childhood trauma and ...

Past trauma casts long shadows over present relationships, creating invisible barriers to intimacy and connection that both partners often struggle to understand. When traumatic experiences remain ...

When it comes to childhood trauma, “the past is past” simply doesn’t apply. The scars you carried as a child can quietly resurface years later, often without you even realising it. For many adults, ...

Hurricanes Debby, Helene and Milton left many Floridians reeling in their wake. Damaged homes and businesses, flooded streets and the loss of loved ones impacted many. But that may not be the only ...

Psychologists, researchers, and mental health professionals have been working with civilian populations in Palestine for years, documenting the effects of their experiences with dispossession and ...

In times of uncertainty or high stress, trauma-informed leadership is more important than ever within organizations, according to experts from the University at Buffalo School of Social Work’s ...

Here’s how to manage those big feelings. We all have moments when we overreact or feel emotions more intensely than expected. These reactions aren’t always about the present, but are often tied to ...

Inflammation is a vascular or blood vessel and cellular reaction in the human body to stimulus and trauma. It refers to your body's process of fighting against things that harm it, such as infections, ...