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Why We Blame: Uses and Misuses
To err is human. To blame seems to be human also. We blame nature, we blame God, we blame our enemies, our spouses and ourselves. We even blame politicians for never taking the blame! Why? The...
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Medical Illness as Psychological Trauma: Overlooked Pain
In this era of advanced medical detection and intervention, the medical care of patients and the reduction of mortality for life threatening illness has never been greater. Against this backdrop of...
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Important Validation for the Aftermath of Adult Trauma
Many people face a traumatic event in adult life. Be it a serious car accident, combat, rape, a natural disaster or the loss of a child, people are often confronted with a horrific event that threatens...
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Does Hope Really Make a Difference? Scientific Findings
Almost everyone has some experience with hope: We hope for the best. We hang on to hope. We despair when we lose hope. It would seem that hope, which is broadly defined as an emotional state that...
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Recognizing and Understanding Depression After Trauma
Disaster and trauma studies often focus on identifying the incidence of PTSD as the sequel to traumatic events. Early interventions with those affected after a disaster or traumatic event increasingly...
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Reducing Disaster’s Impact: A Simple Guide to Psychological First Aid
Nationally and internationally, the most endorsed response in the early aftermath of a disaster is Psychological First Aide. Used by those responding to disasters, it is a set of guidelines that you...
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Tattoos After Trauma-Do They Have Healing Potential?
Whether you have many tattoos or would never consider getting one, you may be surprised to learn that 40% of Americans between the ages 26-40 and 36% between ages 18-25 have at least one tattoo. Once...
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Surviving and Succeeding in Face of Uncertainty: Six Strategies
Events like the Boston Marathon Bombing, Hurricane Sandy’s Devastation, The Newtown CT School Shooting and the many traumatic events they echo, assault us with the uncertainties of life. Leaving death...
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Non-Medication Strategies for Reducing Chronic Pain: Use and Effectiveness
About 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain. Lasting longer than six months, such pain can be mild or excruciating, episodic or continuous, inconvenient or totally incapacitating. For too...
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Ebola: Coping with Fear and Uncertainty
Something very different happens to us when we face an epidemic as opposed to a natural disaster. When a natural disaster hits, there is anxiety, and traumatic loss but such events have a clear...
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