![Finding Peace through Art Making](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2024/07/July-23-Feature-Pic-470x140.jpg?x81652)
In leading a life of service and violence to defend their countries, many army veterans are plagued by mental health disorders that have lasting effects…
![E42: Trauma Recovery is not One Size Fits All: Interview with Babette Rothschild and Vanessa Bear](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2023/10/Podcast-Image-470x140.jpg?x81652)
On this episode Trauma and Mental Health writer Jasleen Ghuman talks with Babette Rothschild and Vanessa Bear to discuss the topic of trauma and recovery…
![Mental Health, Medication, Treatment, Stigma, Art, Mandala of Pills, Trauma, Arts & Culture, Van Lieshout VI, Prescriptions](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2023/09/myriam-zilles-KltoLK6Mk-g-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“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…
![Man experiencing hair loss.](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2023/07/Feature-Image-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Our hair has so many implications for our self-image and mental health. For those affected by alopecia areata, an autoimmune disease that causes severe hair…
![Group of people sitting together in a therapy setting](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2023/06/feature-body-1-470x140.jpg?x81652)
When it comes to treating mental health disorders, the participation of family members can be a huge help. Family psychoeducation (FPE) refers to a group…
![eating disorder, treatment, ED, doctor, anorexia, bulimia, trauma, mental health, anxiety, food, purging, bingeing](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2023/04/diana-polekhina-OpB7gkQY9oc-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Dr. Ashley McHan works at an Eating Disorder Centre, as well as has her own practice in Jacksonville, Florida. In a short interview with Vice, she…
![Installation, psychiatric facility, mental institution, alienation, mental health professionals, psychiatrists, patients, mental health awareness, isolation, support, treatment, abusive, therapy, depression, anxiety, art, Edward Kienholz](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2022/11/jon-butterworth-fmWFJ6pjrTg-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Edward Kienholz, 1927-1994, was an American Installation Artist who used his experience working in a state-run mental institution as inspiration. Kienholz had always been distraught…
![Mental Health, Depression, Psych Ward, Hospital, Poem, Isolation, Suicide, Healing, Trauma, Treatment](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2022/11/dominik-kuhn-pfAnqlk3Oiw-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Psychiatric hospitals, or psych wards, are places that help rehabilitate those with serious mental health conditions. Here patients are provided with treatment for their disorders….
![Mental Health, Hoarders, Hoarding Disorder, Documentary, Recovery, Healing, Treatment, Clutter, Beyond Hoarding, Distress](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2022/10/eli-francis-_M-DrbiNFa4-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
The subject of hoarders and hoarding has notoriously been met with negativity. Hoarders are often seen as crazy, lazy, or intentionally being difficult. However, hoarding…
![Eating disorder, mental health, ted talk, treatment, wellbeing, bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa, binge eating disorder, support, education](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2022/07/callum-shaw-Vrztewqmi4Q-unsplash-1-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Eating disorders impact a vast number of people, with approximately 10% of the world suffering from a type of eating disorder at some point in…