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…
