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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.
Attacks can have a serious impact on mental health – and contribute to a disturbing negative cycle.
Terrorism, confusion and fear are leaving many feeling demoralized. While not quite on the level of depression, demoralization is still something to pay attention to. Here are some ways to do that.
Using creativity and artistic metaphor to tap unconscious memories helps release pent up trauma.
Children’s imaginations around events can be even more frightening than reality.
How to help people emotionally come to terms with the aftermath of a terrorist attack.
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Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology, University of Oxford
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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
