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Combat Vets, Trauma and PTSD – Part 3
Percentage of Combat Vets with Trauma and PTSD since WWII. This graphic shows the prevalence of drugs and alcohol amongst combat vets, even those seeking treatment. It also gives the percentages of combat vets with PTSD from all the wars … Continue reading
Combat Vets, Trauma and PTSD – Part 4
Combat Vets Receiving Treatment for Trauma and PTSD Check out the graphic on the left. It shows how many combat vets suffering trauma and PTSD don’t receive treatment and the main reasons why. After going through so much, it is … Continue reading
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Tagged combat trauma, combat vets, emotional trauma, healing from trauma, healing trauma, PTSD, PTSD Treatment, somatic experiencing, trauma, trauma healing, trauma therapy, veterans
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Combat Vets, Trauma and PTSD – Part 5
Military Suggests How to Prevent and Treat Trauma and PTSD The graphic to the side comes from the Military Health Matters website. I give a wholehearted endorsement to the suggestions in the balloons that tell you how you can … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, combat trauma, combat vets, effects of trauma, healing from trauma, healing trauma, Peter Levine, PTSD, PTSD Treatment, somatic experiencing, trauma healing, trauma therapy, veterans
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Trauma in Individuals and Families
A Model of Trauma . . . and how it applies to the individual and families. The mechanisms of trauma and PTSD have been detailed over the past 30 years with the improvements in neural imaging. Less, however, is known … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, emotional trauma, family constellations, healing trauma, Peter Levine, PTSD, PTSD Treatment, SE, somatic experiencing, trauma therapy
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Managing Anger and Trauma
Anger Management or Trauma/PTSD Treatment? Anger is neither good nor bad. Like most emotions, it’s perfectly healthy and normal and helps motivate us to take an action of some sort. Healthy aggression helps you to set good boundaries and spurs … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, angry, angry outbursts, effects of trauma, emotional trauma, PTSD, rage
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Brainspotting for Trauma and PTSD
Exciting New Treatment For Trauma and PTSD Brainspotting is an exciting, effective new tool in the field of trauma and PTSD treatment. The following 10-minute video is of David Grand, its creator, talking about it and how it works. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OaDQqxV4Cg&feature=related … Continue reading
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Tagged brainspotting, combat trauma, effects of trauma, healing from trauma, healing trauma, PTSD, PTSD Treatment, trauma, trauma healing, trauma therapy
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Traumatic Brain Injury and PTSD
The Neuropsychiatry of TBI and PTSD The following educational, hour-long video discusses the anatomy and neuropsychiatry of TBI–Tramatic Brain Injury–as it relates to trauma and PTSD. It is rather technical but provides and excellent overview of what happens in … Continue reading
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Tagged combat trauma, PTSD, TBI, trauma, trauma healing, Traumatic Brain Injury, veterans
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Baby Attachment and Trauma
Mother Helps Baby Develop a Healthy Nervous System The following video talks about the importance of the mother and child bond in developing social and emotional intelligence. Disruption in this bond at this fragile time can cause emotional disturbances, anxiety, … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, effects of trauma, emotional trauma, healing from trauma, PTSD, PTSD Treatment, trauma, trauma healing
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