The term “dissociation” has received a lot of public and professional attention in recent years. This is likely due to the increased interest in psychological trauma, and, unfortunately, movies like ...

Exposure to traumatic events is all too common, increasing the risk for a range of significant consequences affecting health and well-being. In recent years, new reports of incidents of mass ...

According to betrayal trauma theory, many survivors of childhood sexual abuse learn to compartmentalize (i.e., dissociate) their traumatic experiences from conscious awareness by dividing attention.

A comparison of risk factors for various forms of trauma in the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and heterosexual homeless youth. Emotional numbing symptoms partially mediate the association between ...

Long-term trauma, such as abuse or captivity, can lead to Complex PTSD, which causes problems with identity, relationships, ...

Mrs. Littleton is experiencing some difficulty since moving away from her home in New York. She wrings her hands and her body is hunched over as she describes the life she left behind.... Ever since ...

Few people enjoy someone else poking around their mouth. A recent study from the New York University College of Dentistry ...