Emily Laurence is a journalist, freelance writer and certified health coach living in Raleigh, North Carolina. She specializes in writing about mental health, healthy aging and overall wellness. For ...

In the last decade, popular and clinical understandings of trauma have magnified. People are thinking about how their life experiences have affected them. We are talking about things that were once ...

Psychological trauma is a response to an event that a person finds highly stressful. Examples include being in a war zone, a natural disaster, or an accident. Trauma can cause a wide range of physical ...

Childhood experiences shape who we are, from how we form relationships to how our bodies respond to stress. When those early years contain abuse, neglect, or chronic fear, the negative effects may ...

For 25 years, Mariska Hargitay has played the tough but empathetic Olivia Benson on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, helping survivors of sex-related crimes confront their trauma (while solving ...

Our bodies tend to react in ways we instinctively believe will protect us when we experience trauma. In the past, this instinct was usually referred to as "fight, flight, or freeze." Our bodies react ...

Hundreds of people gathered Monday night for Justice Matters' Annual Nehemiah Action Assembly at 200 McDonald Dr. in Lawrence. In a gathering led by a local faith-based advocacy group, hundreds in the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Providing provocative views on racism, pop culture, and mental health. Psychologists use the term trauma to describe an emotional ...

Because there currently is no standard fee schedule or uniform approach, calculating trauma activation fees is left to the discretion of each individual trauma center. Providing round-the-clock trauma ...

Trauma can also cause physical symptoms. Trauma can have long-term effects on the person’s well-being. If symptoms persist and do not decrease in severity, it can indicate that the trauma has ...