Dr. Deb

JUNE 7, 2024

In order to bring greater awareness to the experience of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , June has been designated as PTSD Awareness Month in the United States. And June 27th is National PTSD Awareness Day. PTSD is a mental health problem that can occur after an adult or child has been directly involved or a witness to a traumatic event, such as sexual or physical assault, natural or man-made disasters, accidents, life threatening medical crises and war-related combat stress.

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Mad in America

JUNE 7, 2024

Me: I think there’s a lot of trauma he has to process Dr. K: Did something happen?! —“Medical History #2,” The Bearable Slant of Light I n the first intake documents from my son’s first hospitalization, the attending psychiatrist wrote: “On examination, the patient presents as a very poor historian.” In other words, he couldn’t tell a coherent and accurate story of what had happened that had led him to bolt from the therapist’s office that July afternoon and subsequently be transported to the h

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