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“If childhood is a house…then child abuse is a like having someone break in and force you to watch at gunpoint while he burns the…
![Depression’s Painful Effects on Friends and Family](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2011/09/depression-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Depression hurts, physically and mentally. It affects the person’s ability to work and function. And, it hurts those who love someone suffering from it. Sixteen…
![Homelessness as Trauma](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2011/09/homeless-woman-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“For every visible homeless person there are hundreds that we do not see. For every homeless person we do not see there is someone who…
![Family Doctors and Affordable Mental Health Counselling](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2011/09/stethoscope1-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Counselling is crucial for the treatment of mental illness. However, many people lack the income to afford it. So where do people turn when they…
![Homelessness in the USA: The Cost of Going to War?](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2011/09/homeless-veteran-470x140.jpg?x81652)
For most of us, walking by a homeless person who is curled up on a tattered blanket, asking for spare change seems like a common…