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Healing from Childhood Trauma

2024-06-19T00:22:03-05:00

By: E.B. Johnson When you experience childhood trauma, your life and your soul are altered forever. Those who suffer loss, abuse or neglect early-on in life can often suffer from serious psychological and emotional disorders for decades to come, changing who they are and destroying their ability to foster caring and nurturing relationships […]

Healing from Childhood Trauma2024-06-19T00:22:03-05:00

The Long Shadow: Bruce Perry on the Lingering Effects of Childhood Trauma

2024-06-19T00:25:53-05:00

By Jeanne Supin The “fight or flight” instinct has served the human species well, helping us respond quickly to threats, but according to child and adolescent psychiatrist and neuroscientist Bruce Perry it can also change our brains for the worse. If the threats we encounter are extreme, persistent, or frequent, we become too […]

The Long Shadow: Bruce Perry on the Lingering Effects of Childhood Trauma2024-06-19T00:25:53-05:00

Epidemiology of Traumatic Experiences in Childhood

2024-06-19T00:28:52-05:00

By Benjamin E. Saunders, PhD and Zachary W. Adams, PhD

The epidemiology of traumatic experiences in childhood is a key context for research, clinical treatment, program management, and policy development. This article discusses the conceptual, methodological, and programmatic challenges in precisely answering even relatively simple questions concerning the basic prevalence and incidence of […]

Epidemiology of Traumatic Experiences in Childhood2024-06-19T00:28:52-05:00

Emotional and Psychological Trauma: Healing from Trauma and Moving On

2024-06-19T01:07:11-05:00

By Lawrence Robinson, Melinda Smith, M.A., and Jeanne Segal, Ph.D.

If you’ve experienced an extremely stressful or disturbing event that’s left you feeling helpless and emotionally out of control, you may have been traumatized. Psychological trauma can leave you struggling with upsetting emotions, memories, and anxiety that won’t go away. It can also […]

Emotional and Psychological Trauma: Healing from Trauma and Moving On2024-06-19T01:07:11-05:00

Why Don’t Child Sex Abuse Victims Tell?

2018-10-03T20:16:54-05:00

By David M. Allen, M.D. One of the things that child abuse deniers like the False Memory Syndrome Foundation focus on, besides child abuse apologist Elizabeth Loftus’s irrelevant arguments about the unreliability of memory (more on that at the end of the post), is the fact that many adults who claim to have […]

Why Don’t Child Sex Abuse Victims Tell?2018-10-03T20:16:54-05:00
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