![Children’s Book Series ‘CritterKin’ Challenges Perfectionism and Uniformity](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/04/Feature-1-2-470x140.jpg?x81652)
It’s hard to raise the perfect child. Parents invest time and money into educational tools like Baby Einstein in a bid to improve infant cognitive…
![7 Years](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/04/2292473789_9f9a269d82_b-470x140.jpg?x81652)
7 Years’ is a song written by Lukas Graham, which describes growing up. The lyrics touch on the theme of aging and the fear of…
![The Inner Peanut Gallery (1)](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/04/15927744304_f1b4852fd1_k-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Cartoonist, Dima Dupéré, uses humour to depict an exaggerated scene of an incongruent therapeutic relationship from the perspective of the patient. The drawing portrays the…
![Persistent Trauma Documented Three Decades After Chernobyl Disaster](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/03/Feature-1-4-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Chad Gracia’s award-winning 2015 documentary, The Russian Woodpecker, addresses the legacy of trauma caused by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. The film documents the investigative journey…
![Thomas Insel on Early Detection of Mental Illness](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/04/Picture1-470x140.png?x81652)
In this video, Thomas Insel, the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, explains the benefits of early detection of mental illnesses. Feature Image:…
![Semicolon Punctuates Mental Health Awareness](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/03/Feature-1-3-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Sure, writers dismiss it. But the semicolon –the otherwise underwhelming punctuation mark– has had its share of fans. Like American physician and poet Lewis Thomas,…
![Whiskey Lullaby](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/04/13575431344_ec6059b35a_k-470x140.jpg?x81652)
‘Whiskey Lullaby’, performed by Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss, is a song about loneliness, heartbreak, and alcohol abuse.With lyrics like, “The put him out like…
![Prisoners Gain Understanding of Others through Literature](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/04/Feature-1-1-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Does reading have the ability to increase empathy? Writer and activist Alaa Al Aswany thinks so. He believes that the role of literature has been…
![Dose](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/04/5475976883_c57a74ea45_b-470x140.jpg?x81652)
‘Dose’ is part of an installation called ‘Girls Behind Bars’ by Pharmacopoeia, a group of three artists whose main objective is to engage the public…
![Guns for Hands](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/04/8435790140_1c104cf409_o-470x140.jpg?x81652)
‘Guns for Hands’, a song by Twenty-One Pilots, offers a strong contrast of an up-beat rhythm and dark powerful lyrics. The song follows a story…