Zachary Haines was 16 years old when a physical examination put his 5’7”, 230-pound body within the obese range. Soon after, Zachary began working out…
Despite being mostly illegal, slavery remains a global reality. It is estimated that over 20.9 million people are currently enslaved and involuntarily trafficked within their…
The Trauma & Mental Health Report sat down with Psychiatrist, Diane Meschino, to talk about Postpartum depression (PPD). In the first video of the series…
Memory can be a double edged sword. It holds our identities, our relationships, our histories. But when memory holds our most unspeakable stories, it can…
Mark Epstein, a psychiatrist and Professor of Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis at New York University, became involved with Buddhism when he was a Harvard undergraduate. Over…
In 1993, in Merseyside, England, Jon Venables and Robert Thompson were charged with the abduction and murder of 2-year-old James Bulger. Bulger had been abducted…
It is almost impossible to imagine the realities endured by victims of ritual abuse: multiple abusers with systematic motives, coordinated with the sole purpose of…
Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) contribute to many deaths each year, and can lead to the development of secondary mental health problems. The Centre for Disease…
In October of 2013, the College of Physicians in Quebec, Canada, ordered doctors to stop performing virginity tests on women. Remarkably, it took a formal…
Since the rise of Positive Psychology in the late 1990s, the quest for happiness has become a quasi epidemic. Motivational speakers ask that we eliminate…
I recently received an envelope of photos from my mother; each image came with a story. My daughters’ favourite turned out to be one about…
Blind-sided by the one you love, the one you married. Learning about your spouse’s infidelity can be emotionally and physically devastating. The emotional damage is…
“I thought he must die. He had no future, nothing good. I thought I was saving the child.” Nerlin Sarmiento had expressed disturbing thoughts about…
“Y-O-U-N-G, we like ’em young, Y is for your sister, O is for oh so tight, U is for underage, N is for no consent, G…
The conventional treatment for opioid dependence is to prescribe methadone. Similar to morphine, methadone is a synthetic opioid sometimes referred to as a narcotic. It…
We moderns are the last people on the planet to uncover what older cultures have known for thousands of years: The act of drumming contains…
In 2012, 15-year-old Amanda Todd headlined newspapers after sharing her experience of cyberbullying and revenge porn in a YouTube video. According to Amanda, she was…
Picture if you will, flashing screens, loud noises, focused faces and a crowd gathered to watch high stakes games; games that end only when you…
On April 17th 2013, Chief Peter Moonias declared a state of emergency in the community of Neskantaga. Two suicides within days of each other are…
“It’s hard, but I think it must be harder for my husband, being away for so long. He missed a lot of firsts when the…
