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What is Childhood Trauma?

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Trauma occurs when a child experiences an intense event that threatens or causes harm to his or her emotional and physical well-being. Some events are more likely to be traumatic than others and people can have very different responses to the same event. This is not considered a traumatic event.

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Mad in America’s 10 Most Popular Articles in 2023

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New Study Finds Connection Between Childhood Trauma and Psychosis In December, Ashley Bobak wrote about a new study which sheds new light on the profound impact of childhood trauma in the development of psychotic symptoms, particularly in treatment-resistant cases of schizophrenia.

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Trauma? Not Me

Mad in America

There was a time in my life when I packaged up all of the emotions and memories from my childhood trauma and stored them in a zip file within an archive folder of my mind. I thought, ‘I survived my childhood, so I will put that behind me and move forward.’ Generational trauma is woven into the fabric of our being.

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The Trauma Craze: How the Expansion of Trauma Diagnoses Fueled Victimhood Culture

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For months, the GP had focused on an alleged traumatic event causing her significant psychological distress. When I asked about this alleged trauma, Emily initially spoke vaguely of a toxic relationship with a former boyfriend. They could not recall any traumatic event, confirming instead a stable and nurturing home life.

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The TikTokification of Mental Health on Campus

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Concept creep Access to content about mental health can be valuable for those who are struggling and don’t know why , providing explanations for events that feel upsetting or out-of-control. “I This is an example of concept creep, where the meanings of harm-related concepts expand to refer to broader ranges of events.

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How the Psychosocial Approach Provides an Alternative to the Biomedical Model

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Childhood trauma and further adverse events in adulthood such as bullying, social discrimination or exclusion, migration or visibly marginalized status may, for example, increase risk of developing what is then labeled as psychotic disorder.

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What I Wish I’d Asked Dr. Gabor Maté When I Had the Chance

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A few months ago, I attended a live Zoom event on Guidely with Dr. Gabor Maté, author of The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture. My story, and, indeed, the ACE study, show that developmental trauma and subsequent complex PTSD can occur in the context of an intact, middle-class, churchgoing family.