Toronto is grappling with a new normal a week after a heinous van attack killed 10 people and left many injured. Here’s how cities recover from disasters, both emotionally and physically.
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Two acts of mass violence in Toronto this year will have an impact on witnesses, caregivers and even those who watch news reports. An expert on post-traumatic stress explains.
10-20% of young people are estimated to experience persistent PTSD after exposure to a single incident of trauma.
A new study has provided further proof of a link between stress and auto-immune disorders.
Reliving trauma and not being believed – just two of the damning indictments about seeking justice for sexual violence.
In NSW and Victoria this week, communities were hit by bushfires. Long after such devastating fires pass, the risks to physical and mental health remain.
Research shows therapy dogs can be beneficial for students in many ways including reducing stress and anxiety, and helping students feel more excited about participating in classroom activities.
Years after their trials, he got in touch with the victims he thought he had helped. They described feeling ‘dumped’ by the system.
Syrian refugee children are not getting the care they need in the wake of the trauma they have endured. Here’s why that’s bad for them and bad for the rest of the world.
Being the victim of trauma can trigger the onset of PTSD. But so can being violent against others – which means young people in gangs risk deep psychological scars.
Floods and natural disasters can be highly traumatic for children.
Since 2009, nearly one million veterans have benefited from the Post-9/11 GI Bill, which helps them pay for tuition and other expenses. A scholar explains how it’s a hard transition.
The debate about the nature of early trauma memories and their recovery isn’t new.
Fly-bys by RAAF Super Hornets and army helicopters are a noisy finale to the Brisbane Festival. While many find this sound awe-inspiring, what of those with lived experience of war?
Researchers are getting closer to understanding how some people are more susceptible to posttraumatic stress disorder.
PTSD isn’t just reserved for those on the frontline – my experience alongside a surgical team at Camp Bastion showed how it could affect anyone dealing with the fall out of war.
Animals have complex experiences of trauma. Treating them is very similar to dealing with humans, requiring compassion, calm and common sense.
Journalists face psychological trauma from producing news even when they are distant from the scene of violent incidents. What can news organizations do?
How academic sleuthing uncovered the Edinburgh setting for a historic meeting of three of the greatest war poets
Virtual reality has been used to treat phobias for many years, but medical researchers have began to discover that it can do so much more than that.
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Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
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Professor, Yale University
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Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
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Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology, University of Oxford
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Professor of Organisational Ethnography, Cambridge Judge Business School
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Chair of Clinical Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor and Canada Research Chair in the History of Health & Social Justice, University of Saskatchewan
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Research Fellow in Digital Pedagogy (Theology), Durham University
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Associate professor, Australian National University
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Professorial Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne
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Research fellow, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate Professor, Deputy Director Phoenix Australia Centre for Post-traumatic Mental Health, The University of Melbourne
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Homewood Chair in Mental Health and Trauma and Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University
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Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Director of the Refugee Trauma and Recovery Program, School of Psychology, UNSW Sydney
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Professor & Director, Refugee Trauma and Recovery Program, School of Psychology, UNSW Sydney
