![Let’s Eliminate Physical Restraints in Group Homes](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/09/Feature-_LG4-470x140.jpg?x81652)
In April 2015, Justin Sangiuliano, a seventeen-year-old diagnosed with Autism, was physically restrained at his group home in Oshawa, Canada. To control an aggressive outburst,…
![Humour for Depression?](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/09/HM-_-1000-470x140.png?x81652)
The 1971 cult film Harold and Maude uses humour and empathy to address depression, suicide, and family dysfunction. Through depicting an unconventional relationship between two central…
![Everything Is Alright](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/09/John-Donges-470x140.jpg?x81652)
The song “Everything is Alright” by Motion City Soundtrack documents frontman Justin Pierre’s experience with anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Pierre recounts cleaning his…
![A Persistence of Memory](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/08/William-Utermohlen-_-1000-pixels-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Loyola University recently hosted an exhibit on the works of William Utermohlen, an artist who documented his battle with Alzheimer’s disease through self-portraits over a…
![Alone](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/09/Ambitions-Abandoned-web-_-Davies-_-Cropped-470x140.jpg?x81652)
The author of “Alone”, Edgar Allen Poe, experienced many setbacks in his short life. These influenced his writing and helped define his literary style. First,…
![Trauma Exposure Linked to PTSD in 911 Dispatchers](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/09/Feature-_-AF5-470x140.jpg?x81652)
In February 2016, Gail—a 911 dispatcher with Toronto Paramedic Services—found herself in tears at work. She had just received a call about Wallace Passos, a…
![Can happiness lead to success?](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/09/2765083201_55a958db14_b-_-Ben-Smith-Flickr-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Shawn Achor, a Harvard scholar and positive psychologist, speaks at TEDx regarding the benefits of prioritizing happiness. In attempting to dispel the illusion that people must…
![The "Otherside" of Addiction](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/09/8228257996_3b2a0bbb72_h-470x140.jpg?x81652)
The song “Otherside” by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis narrates a story about drug use and the descent into addiction. As a young man, Macklemore struggled…
![The Inner Peanut Gallery (6)](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/04/15927744304_f1b4852fd1_k-470x140.jpg?x81652)
People struggling with mental illness are often told to “get over it”. In this cartoon, Dima Dupéré rejects this misconception and sheds light on how…
![When Guilt and Grief Collide](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/08/glass-984457_1280-470x140.jpg?x81652)
After 17 years of silence, Sue Klebold recounts that fateful day in Littleton, Colorado when her son Dylan and his friend Eric Harris committed one…