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7 Most Common Events that Lead to PTSD
PTSD - Jul 10, 2019

7 Most Common Events that Lead to PTSD

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, most commonly known as PTSD, is a mental health disorder triggered by traumatic events. While doctors don’t know for sure what causes this disorder, they do know that exposure to terrifying events can increase the risk…

What is Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy?

What is Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy?

Treating trauma is one of the most difficult things in mental health. Trauma can be deep and incredibly personal, making it difficult to create therapies that work for everyone. Luckily, trauma therapies have come a long way in recent years….

7 Harmful Myths About PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)
PTSD - Nov 13, 2017

7 Harmful Myths About PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)

In the past, people only ever thought of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as affecting soldiers. Even as research and understanding around this disorder gain more attention, there is still a huge cloud of misconception about PTSD. There is still a…

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
PTSD - May 4, 2011

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Coined in the mid-1970s after being used in a working group finding presented to the Committee of Reactive Disorders, the term posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) became formally recognized in 1980. Fortunately, there is help for those living with post traumatic stress…