We can’t isolate human misery from its broader context. But while adverse environments play a role in the youth mental health crisis, culture is crucial too.
Somatic therapies go further than understanding that emotions like stress can affect physical health. People are guided to bring awareness to their body and explore how sensations may be released.
Laurel Niep, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy, or EMDR, can help patients process painful memories and reduce anxiety and depression stemming from those events.
If the idea of pausing felt helpful early in the pandemic and intolerable by its end, it may be helpful to reflect on notions of pausing that are more speculative or meditative.
Lucia Osborne-Crowley’s intrepid trauma-informed journalism put her ahead when reporting on Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial – in terms of access to the courtroom, victims and understanding the role of memory.
Grande left her fans confused and concerned when her voice drastically changed during a podcast episode. But there was a method to the singer’s modulation.
Around one in three women experience traumatic childbirth and one in 25 women develop post-traumatic stress disorder as a result – here’s what changes need to be made.
Adverse outcomes post-trauma are most likely experienced by those who’re isolated, blamed for their own misfortune, or displaced or disconnected from their family or community
Too Many Men won acclaim for its depiction of a father and daughter and their different emotional responses to the crimes of the past. Tess Scholfield-Peters considers the book’s impact today.
This fever-dream Swedish novella demonstrates an incomparable ability to give name to the things we feel but have been unable to find the right words for.
‘Baby Reindeer’ raises questions about the effectiveness of content warnings. Viewers may still be vulnerable to secondary trauma, particularly those who have experienced similar violence.
Stand-up comedy has always been autobiographical, but now a new generation of comedians are adapting their lives (or some version of it) into scripted series.