by Will Sibert | Oct 11, 2022 | Refugee Trauma Recovery
Surviving vs. Thriving This past week, October 2-8, was mental health awareness week. In response to this, Mandy Walsh from Talk in the Bay wrote an article comparing the concepts of “surviving” and “thriving” in the mental health context. She highlights that the...
by Anna Shaw | Oct 4, 2022 | Social Barriers
Mental Health is Political- New York Times The New York Times piece entitled ‘Mental Health is Political’ is a straightforward explanation for the rise in mental health conditions in recent years. In many cases, high rates of depressive disorder and anxiety,...
by Emily DeJong | Sep 29, 2022 | Refugee Trauma Recovery
Defining Trauma Dr. Herman writes, “The core experiences of psychological trauma are disempowerment and disconnection from others.” She later goes on to explain that “Psychological trauma is an affliction of the powerless. At the moment of trauma, the victim is...
by Anna Shaw | Aug 22, 2022 | Refugee Trauma Recovery
Public health professionals face a wide variety of social challenges across the world ranging from the health impacts of climate change to the endemic presence of mental illness. In my limited experience, I often see a rush to throw technical innovations at a problem,...