When most people think about trauma, they think about unexpected, awful events within a defined time frame. Very fast traumas can be instant, such as getting hit by lightning or a head-on collision.

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Leading with passion and a trauma-informed approach is a necessity in a world where experiences are getting more intense. In recent years, the world has been anything but stable. We’ve faced a ...

Brandon Heggie explains the benefits of assessing a patient in the order of massive hemorrhage, airway, respiratory, circulation and head injury/hypothermia, or MARCH. I love to make things easy to ...

Most people experience a traumatic event some time during their lives — losing a loved one, being the victim of violence or surviving a natural disaster. But what happens when the impact of trauma is ...

Betrayal trauma occurs when an individual’s well-being is threatened by an important person or institution in their life. They will have had a close relationship, dependence, or trust with the person ...

After experiencing a traumatic event, the last thing most people want to do is revisit the circumstances that remind them of what happened. But for those who develop mental health conditions from ...

Over the last few years, "trauma" has become one of those household terms everyone talks about. It has infiltrated our language, our narratives about the world, our relationships, and, in some cases, ...

Between 85-89% of college students have experienced some form of trauma in their lifetime, significantly impacting their academic performance, mental health, and overall well-being. The compounding ...

As Brazilian author Paulo Coelho writes, “You drown not by falling into a river but by staying submerged in it.” This is an apt metaphor for how trauma impacts people, individually and collectively.