![Be Good and Don’t Die: Stressors in Child Bereavement](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2012/01/child-shadow-470x140.jpg?x81652)
We often forget how important siblings are in our lives. Other than our parents, they have usually known us longer than anyone, playing a central…
![Conduct Disorder in the Family](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2011/12/7-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Notorious criminals, such as serial killers Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer, would certainly have been diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder. The disorder is marked by…
![Satellite Babies: Immigration and Disrupted Attachment](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2011/12/global-technology-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Me: “Neha, where’s your brother?” Neha (neighbour girl): “He’s in India, living with our Nani and Nana.” Me: “Do you miss him?” Neha: “He’s coming…
![Parenting After the Loss of a Child](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2011/11/child-shadow-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“The challenge that parents face is this: In the midst of grief, how do you stop parenting the deceased child while you are simultaneously struggling…
![Dual Diagnosis: Mental Illness in the Developmentally Disabled](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2011/11/dualdiagnosis-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Recently, I had the opportunity to attend the “Effective Specialized Responses” training offered by Community Networks of Specialized Care. As the day progressed, I was…
![Poverty, Broken Homes, Violence: The Making of a Gang Member](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2011/11/AmericanChainGangPic3-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Sylvester Akapalara, 17, Hanzel Saucedo, 18, Genaro Ramirez, 19, Alexander Ibarra, 17, Aljoven Canalete, 19, and Ebony Huel, 16 were all found murdered in gun-related…
![Culture and PTSD: Lessons from the 2004 Tsunami](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2011/10/2004-tsunami-470x140.jpg?x81652)
The 2004 tsunami that swept through Sri Lanka, destroying everything in its path and killing over 200,000 people, took its place as one of the…
![Sexual Abuse and Attachment: First Part in a Mini-Series](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2011/09/depression-people-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“If childhood is a house…then child abuse is a like having someone break in and force you to watch at gunpoint while he burns the…
![Homelessness as Trauma](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2011/09/homeless-woman-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“For every visible homeless person there are hundreds that we do not see. For every homeless person we do not see there is someone who…
![Homelessness in the USA: The Cost of Going to War?](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2011/09/homeless-veteran-470x140.jpg?x81652)
For most of us, walking by a homeless person who is curled up on a tattered blanket, asking for spare change seems like a common…