![Is that Latte Really Making You More Productive?](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2022/11/feature--470x140.jpg?x81652)
Multiple large-scale studies have aimed to measure the impact of caffeine on productivity, attention, speed, and accuracy. A study from 2015 showed that caffeine is…
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The emotional and melancholic “Funeral” by singer/songwriter Phoebe Bridgers from her album “Stranger in the Alps”, pays tribute to the tragic death of her close…
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Our attempt to understand the mystifying mind of the legendary visual artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol (born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February…
![Rupi Kaur, Mental Health, Poetry, Books, Community, Strength, Empowerment, Healing, Help, Alone](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2022/11/hannah-busing-Zyx1bK9mqmA-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“When the world comes crashing at your feet it’s okay to let others help pick up the pieces if we’re present to take part in…
![meaning, healing, science, philosophy, meditation, mindfulness, existentialism, cognitive science, religion, psychedelics](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2022/11/daniel-mingook-kim-UXR-t8CZ1U-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
In Awakening from the Meaning Crisis – Introduction, cognitive science professor Dr. John Vervaeke from the University of Toronto introduces his lecture series by discussing…
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Evidence-based mental health care services are largely inaccessible to those who need it. Marginalized populations, as well as those who are unemployed or at-risk, tend…
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Edward Kienholz, 1927-1994, was an American Installation Artist who used his experience working in a state-run mental institution as inspiration. Kienholz had always been distraught…
![Mental Health, Depression, Psych Ward, Hospital, Poem, Isolation, Suicide, Healing, Trauma, Treatment](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2022/11/dominik-kuhn-pfAnqlk3Oiw-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Psychiatric hospitals, or psych wards, are places that help rehabilitate those with serious mental health conditions. Here patients are provided with treatment for their disorders….
![The logo of the Trauma and Mental Health Report Podcast: A brain with a microphone close to it](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2020/04/article-470x140.jpg?x81652)
In this episode, Trauma Report writer Daniel Sanchez Morales speaks with Lauren Shannan, Immigration consultant; Bonny Gajjar, International Student; and Sebastian Vasquez, International Student; about…
![Mental Health, Red Dragon, Schizophrenia, Thriller, Serial Killers, Trauma, Abuse, Movie, Psychological Horror, Crime](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2022/11/isai-ramos-YkFYP_zAT6k-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
The 2002 psychological thriller film Red Dragon directed by Brett Ratner is the movie adaptation of the 1981 novel by Thomas Harris, and the prequel…