Childhood trauma – A New Vision for Mental Health

Childhood Trauma Is Not a Mental Illness

Author: Editorial 15th March 2023 0 Comments

This article by Tabitha Ferguson has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “I was born in 1982 into a divided family and grew up below the poverty level. My mom and dad divorced before I was a year old,…
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a coherent system

Childhood trauma, children and adolescents, Mad in America, psychiatry, Tabitha Ferguson, trauma

Stop Hurting, Start Helping

Author: Editorial 22nd August 2019 0 Comments

This 2 minute video clip points to the need for services to provide compassionate and thoughtful responses to people suffering the burden of trauma, and to be wary of perpetuating or recreating trauma through coercion, control and force. It features Indigo Daya,…
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collaborative practice

Childhood trauma, coercion, coercive psychiatry, Indigo Daya, Mental health services, psychiatry, trauma, videos

The Body Keeps Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Author: Editorial 28th June 2019 0 Comments

This book has been written by Bessel van der Kolk. The publishers say: “Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew…
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emotion-focused care

Bessel van der Kolk, books, Childhood trauma, embodied therapy, nervous system, neuroplasticity, neuroscience, Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder, PTSD, somatic therapies, trauma

Not Crazy: You May Not Be Mentally Ill

Author: Editorial 31st May 2018 0 Comments

The publishers of this 2011 book (by Charles L. Whitfield) say: “… It exposes the pseudo-science behind modern biological psychiatry that misdiagnoses people who have painful emotional, psychological and behavioral symptoms as being ‘mentally ill’ and then mistreats them with…
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collaborative practice

American Medical Association, American Psychiatric Association, books, Charles Whitfield, Childhood trauma, National Alliance on Mental Illness, pharmaceutical industry, psychiatry, trauma, trauma-informed approaches

Trauma-informed mental healthcare in the UK

Author: Editorial 2nd May 2018 0 Comments

The abstract of this 2015 research paper – Trauma-informed mental healthcare in the UK: what is it and how can we further its development? – says: “Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe and explain trauma-informed approaches (TIAs) to mental health. It outlines evidence on the link between trauma and mental health, explains the…
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emotion-focused care

Angela Kennedy, Angela Sweeney, Beth Filson, Childhood trauma, Mental health services, Research, retraumatisation, Sarah Clement, TIA, TIC, Trauma survivors, Trauma-informed