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The Pandemic has Caused Nearly Two Years of Collective Trauma. Many People are Near a Breaking Point.
An airplane passenger is accused of attacking a flight attendant and breaking bones in her face. Three New York City tourists assaulted a restaurant host who asked them for proof of vaccination against the coronavirus, prosecutors say. Eleven people
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The Emerging Self: Social Anxiety Disorder and Emotional Maltreatment in Childhood
New research associates early life adversity with the presentation of social anxiety disorder later in life.
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Borderline Personality Disorder May Be Rooted in Trauma
Two winters ago, after a spell of burnout landed her in the hospital, Ann began having disturbing dreams. Visions of her father turned into distressing flashbacks from her childhood—scenes of physical and psychological abuse. A
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Refugees Often Suffer Lasting Trauma. Meditation May Help.
Trauma-sensitive and socioculturally adapted group intervention can significantly reduce posttraumatic stress disorder.
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The Self-Help That No One Needs Right Now
Nothing about The Body Keeps the Score screams “best seller.” Written by the psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk, the book is a graphic account of his decades-long career treating survivors of traumatic experiences such as rape, incest
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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
A sample of research on psychopathology classification, meditation’s adverse effects, trauma and memory, obsessive compulsive disorder, placebo effects, inferences training, disgust and moral rigidity, and psychotic-like experiences.
