The catastrophic Camp Fire roared through Northern California’s Butte County in 2018, charring the landscape, taking 86 lives and destroying countless homes and habitats in the town of Paradise. The ...

The vagus nerve is getting a lot of attention lately, as recent research suggests that it plays an important role in our trauma responses and in moderating inflammation in the body. Given the fact ...

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In 2022, the World Health Organization estimated that 1 billion children were maltreated each year around the globe. Maltreatment such as neglect and abuse are types of adverse childhood experiences, ...

Teresa Cox-Bates was only 11 years old when her father died, an event that dramatically altered her family's circumstances and shaped her childhood experiences. "I really remember us not having enough ...

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A local nonprofit now covers therapy costs for those affected by recent fatal crashes and shootings, including first ...

This is the final piece (Part 3) of a series that addresses childhood trauma and how we can help. In Part 1, I discussed the stats, types, and signs of trauma ...

The centre is the only organization on the Island that offers trauma counselling specifically for men and male-identifying ...

In 2023, Joe Stapel, a former police officer with post-traumatic stress disorder, started Help Michigan Heroes to help first ...

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