Psychology & Psychiatry
What is trauma therapy, and could it help me?
Elise Wakeland works with trauma survivors every day. The therapist's work is difficult, she said, but it's rewarding, too.
Sep 26, 2019
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News tagged with sexual trauma
Psychology & Psychiatry
The consequences of childhood trauma on children's mental health
Childhood trauma may play a key role in many later psychiatric disorders. However, most of what we know about the impact of trauma exposure comes from research with adults.
Feb 3, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Trauma during childhood triples the risk of suffering a serious mental disorder in adulthood, study finds
A study led by researchers at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute links psychological trauma in childhood with an increased risk of developing some kind of mental disorder years later.
Nov 3, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Interpersonal abuse in early life may lead to concentration issues later in life
Does a history of abuse before the age of 18 affect later capacity to concentrate and stay focused?
Apr 10, 2017
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Health
Doctors' reluctance to discuss anal sex is letting down young women, warn researchers
Clinicians' reluctance to discuss possible harms of anal sex is letting down a generation of young women who are unaware of the risks, warn researchers in The BMJ today.
Aug 11, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Is sex addiction real?
People cheat. They juggle multiple lovers. They have serial relationships. They watch porn. You could chalk it up to the spectrum of sexual appetites, destructive as some may be. Or you could check yourself into rehab for ...
Apr 13, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Almost one third of Iraq/Afghanistan women veterans with PTSD report military sexual trauma
Thirty-one percent of women veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan who were diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder reported military sexual trauma (MST), in contrast to one percent of men with PTSD, according to a study ...
Sep 15, 2011
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HIV & AIDS
Trauma drives HIV epidemic in women
Physical violence, sexual abuse and other forms of childhood and adult trauma are major factors fueling the epidemic of HIV/AIDS among American women. Scientists have known for years that traumatized women are at greater ...
Mar 19, 2012
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Genetics
How the effects of trauma can be inherited through epigenetic mechanisms
Our parents and grandparents form part of who we are. They reared us and served as our role models, and they also passed on their genes. That's why we are similar to them, and why we share a genetic predisposition to develop ...
Mar 14, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Birth cohort study reveals the mental health burden of trauma in childhood
Findings from a major birth cohort study in Brazil suggest that children exposed to life threatening or horrifying events, such as witnessing someone die, or experiencing serious injury or sexual violence, are almost twice ...
Nov 1, 2022
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