![Rust or Gold](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2015/09/496908928_114fdcec0b_o-470x140.jpg?x81652)
‘Rust or Gold’, performed by Jill Andrews, is an uplifting song about cultivating meaning in life. With soothing vocals and the soft accompaniment of the…
![Guernica, 1937](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2015/09/picasso-guernica-470x140.jpg?x81652)
In his 1937 painting titled ‘Guernica’, Pablo Picasso depicts the consequences of war, specifically the suffering of innocent civilians. The painting can be interpreted in…
![Branding tattoos use ink to violate women](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2015/09/Feature-2-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Latishia Sanchez was fourteen when she was attacked and raped by five men, including her boyfriend. During the assault, the men tattooed her boyfriend’s name…
![Mirror](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2015/09/4892984014_1d27ddc3fe_o-470x140.jpg?x81652)
‘Mirror’, a poem by Sylvia Plath, depicts a woman’s struggle with aging. Plath suffered from mental health problems for most of her adult life; she…
![Emotional Hygiene](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2015/09/5405591032_6c1a0b25f9_o-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“We’ll go to the doctor when we feel flu-ish or a nagging pain. So why don’t we see a health professional when we feel emotional…
![Power of Peers](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2015/09/16993351779_18222b47b8_k-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“Power of Peers” by the Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network (GMHCN) describes the movement from isolation towards peer-oriented services in the mental health field in…
![Invictus](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2015/09/Invictus-470x140.png?x81652)
“Invictus” is a short Victorian poem written by William Ernest Henley and published in 1888. He wrote this piece during a lengthy hospital stay for…
![Sexual Freedom Only Part of the Equation for LGBTQ Refugees](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2015/08/Feature1-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Montgomry Danton is a gay man from the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia. In June 2014, he fled persecution in his home country to claim…
![Visually Impaired Artist Raises $1 Million for Charity](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2015/09/8-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
Twenty-one year old artist Jeffrey Hanson was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis when he was only twelve years old. This rare condition caused a tumor on his…