![In Post-Secondary School and Homeless](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2018/11/feature-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Under the concrete, ivy-covered walls of many universities lies a disturbing phenomenon; homelessness. Many find it incomprehensible that homelessness would exist in these spaces, but …
![Louis M. Profeta, doctors, patients, patient care, medical professional, Death, Family, Mental Health, trauma, hospital, bad news](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2018/11/Louis-M.-Profeta-doctors-patients-patient-care-medical-professional-Death-Family-Mental-Health-trauma-hospital-bad-news-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Emergency physician, author, and public speaker Dr. Louis M. Profeta works at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. His poem, “I’ll Look At Your Facebook Profile Before I Tell…
![Canada, students, university, college, campus, crisis, depression, anxiety, mental health resources, documentary, mental illness, help](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2018/11/Canada-students-university-college-mental-health-campus-crisis-depression-anxiety-mental-health-resources-documentary-OCD-mental-illness-help-survey-post-secondary-school-470x140.jpg?x81652)
A recent national survey of Canadian colleges and universities revealed that a fifth of post-secondary students across the country have some type of mental health…
![Our Lady Peace, self-harm, self-injury, suicide, Clumsy, depression, mental health, friend, internalization, self-mutilation](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2018/11/Our-Lady-Peace-self-harm-self-injury-suicide-Clumsy-depression-mental-health-friend-internalization-self-mutilation-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“Clumsy” by Canadian rock band Our Lady Peace is about a friend trying to reach out to someone who is engaging in self-harming behaviours. This individual excuses his self-injuries as being caused by external factors or accidents. The friend tries…
![The Horrors of War](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2018/11/Antoine-Jean-Gros-Battle-of-Nazareth-death-suffering-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Though appointed by Napoleon Bonaparte to grandly depict the exploits of the French army, artist Antoine-Jean Gros instead depicted the destruction wrought by Napoleon’s army –…
![The Hidden Struggles of Animal Rescue Workers](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2018/11/feature-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
During the civil war in Syria, veterinary surgeon Amir Khalil from the charity organization Four Paws International, travelled to Aleppo to rescue surviving zoo animals….
![Poetry, Racism, Abuse, Depression, Anxiety, Freedom, Free-will, Stress, Victims, Loneliness, Maya Angelou, Caged Bird, Words](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2018/11/maya-angelou-caged-bird-poetry-racism-freedom-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Novelist, poet, and scholar Maya Angelou expresses her deep feelings about the suffering of African Americans due to slavery and racial discrimination in her poem “Caged Bird”. She contrasts…
![chandelier, sia, music, artist, song, coping, depression, addiction, alcohol abuse, substance abuse, video](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2018/11/Sia-Chandelier-Depression-Addiction-Music-Video-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Singer-songwriter Sia’s 2014 hit Chandelier is darker than the upbeat melody would at first suggest. The song is inspired by hard times in the artist’s life when…
![Mental Health, mental illness, Lyrics, Addiction, depression, music, Recovery, video, words, Julien Baker, artist, meaningful](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2018/11/Julien-Baker-Hurt-Less-Mental-Ilness-Addiction-Recovery-Self-Care-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Julien Baker is an American singer-songwriter who never fails to portray raw emotion in her music. Her songs eloquently articulate her personal experiences with mental illness and substance abuse. The song “Hurt…
![Integrated Classrooms Fail Teachers and Students](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2018/11/image1-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
Sharon (name changed), an elementary school teacher in London, England, taught a challenging class last year. Out of a large group of 30 students, three…