By Allen R McConnell — 2013
Recent research is establishing the critical nature of social belongingness.
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Too often American veterans return from combat and spiral into depression, anger and loneliness they can neither share nor tackle on their own.
A new report shows there has been a steady rise in veteran suicide that overtakes the number of soldiers who were killed in combat. Col. Michael Hudson joins the show to discuss possible solutions.
Post-traumatic stress disorder haunts America today, its reach extending far beyond the armed forces to touch the lives of millions of us. In The Evil Hours, David J.
Members and Veterans of the US Armed Forces have unacceptably high suicide rates. Why? It’s not the combat experience like one would suggest, but a much more complex issue that needs to be talked about.
Kati Morton is a licensed marriage and family therapist who runs a private practice in Santa Monica, California. In this episode, we talk about her new book, Traumatized: Identify, Understand, and Cope with PTSD and Emotional Stress.
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Scientists have discovered that the brain structures of traumatised soldiers and children change in the same way. Subscribe to BBC News HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog Check out our website: http://www.bbc.com/news Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bbcworldnews Twitter: http://www.twitter.
Monnica T. Williams, Ph.D., ABPP, is an Associate Professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Ottawa, Canada Research Chair in Mental Health Disparities, and Director of the Laboratory for Culture and Mental Health Disparities.
We have a strong instinct to belong to small groups defined by clear purpose and understanding—“tribes.” This tribal connection has been largely lost in modern society, but regaining it may be the key to our psychological survival.
Jackson MacKenzie has helped millions of people in their struggle to understand the experience of toxic relationships. His first book, Psychopath Free, explained how to identify and survive the immediate situation.
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Dr. Peter Levine talks about child sexual abuse and relational trauma.