![Why Are We Still Sterilizing Women with Disabilities?](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2015/11/Feature-470x140.jpg?x81652)
A recent study, conducted by the Washington-based group Disability Rights International, found that the sexual abuse and forced sterilization of Mexican women with psychological disabilities…
![When Adolescents Claim the Right to Refuse Treatment](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2015/06/Feature-1-470x140.jpg?x81652)
In a personal essay in the Hartford Courant, 17-year old Cassandra C. recalls her legal battle when she refused to undergo chemotherapy after being diagnosed…
![A Blood Test to Diagnose Depression?](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2015/05/Feature-1-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Researchers at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern believe it may be possible to diagnose depression using a blood test. According to Eva Redei,…
![Is Online Treatment the Next Frontier for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy?](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2015/03/Feature-1-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Social media have dramatically changed the way many of us connect with family and friends. Some are now proposing that online relationships, particularly online therapeutic…
![Overpraising May Reduce Self-Esteem in Children](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2015/01/khad.-praising.feature1-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Spend five minutes at a park, and soon you’ll hear enthusiastic parents reinforcing their kids with, “you did so amazing” and other statements as a…
![Taboo of Male Rape Keeps Victims Silent](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2014/06/khad.-feature1-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“My name is Will, and I think rape is hilarious…when it happens to a dude,” begins the monologue in a recently posted video written and…