What shapes our mental health? It is easy to imagine psychological distress as something that exists entirely within an individual, a chemical imbalance, a diagnosis,…
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/kijqi2c584c9ntpe/Amanda_Podcast_2_-_2025-06-03_602_PMabo0y.mp3 In this episode of the Trauma and Mental Health Report’s podcast, contributing writer Amanda Fernandes interviews Dr. Stephen Lewis, Associate Professor in psychology and…
The Crowded Room (2023), a television show on Apple TV, is inspired by real events, following Danny. A man navigating life with dissociative identity disorder….
“There is a unique kind of pain in losing your mind, not just once, but over and over. Losing your perception of reality, of your…
In 2013, 194 countries adopted the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020. This plan acknowledged the growing burden of mental health…
The hospitalization rates for young men with eating disorders have increased by an astonishing 416% from 2000 to 2019. Despite this dramatic increase, eating disorders…
Kevin Breel is a Canadian comedian, writer, and mental health advocate. In his TedTalk, “Confession of a Depressed Comic,” he bravely opens up about his…
This art piece was created by Kim Noble who is a mother, artist, and author who has Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). Through her thought provoking…
Kitty Westin highlights that many of the key people we know and look up to such as Winston Churchhill, Angelina Jolie, Micheal Phelps, Lady Gaga,…
Mental Health challenges are at an all time high right now with people still recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic and the risk of a recession…
“Self portrait of the silence I have endured. Six years ago trauma PTSD Followed by sexual, physical mental emotional domestic violence spousal abuse, by a…
“A mandala, or “wheel of life” is used for ritual ceremonies. It has a geometric pattern that’s depicting the cosmos. A Mandala symbolizes the quest…
Struggling with a lack of energy, motivation, or will to complete the simplest of tasks is often seen as laziness. However these may be due…
When I was a child, my grandfather’s tattoos were associated with his time in the military. Now, not a day goes by without seeing someone…
International students are currently facing a mental health crisis, with elevated suicide rates and a lack of resources to support their needs. Limitations – such…
Award-winning filmmaker extraordinaire, Alex Gibney, indulges every inch of our morbid fascination with serial killers in his hair-raising documentary, Crazy Not Insane on HBO Max. …
“After witnessing his father and his uncle being murdered by the military, he fled his country at age of 19 and went through nine countries,…
In our second installment of our two-part interview, Trauma Report writer Samantha Mason talks with the Honourable Mr. Justice Richard D. Schneider, B.Sc., M.A., Ph.D.,…
In this episode, Trauma Report writer Samantha Mason sits down with the Honourable Mr. Justice Richard D. Schneider, B.Sc., M.A., Ph.D., LL.B., LL.M., C.Psych. They…
From Texas, to Mississippi, to Poland, we have seen a full frontal attack on reproductive freedom. The Trauma & Mental Health Report put this article…
