trauma

Kids Who Display 'Difficult' Behaviour Are Often Misunderstood

'The Government must make sure that support is available to those who need it most.'
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Five Invisible Symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress

Healing developmental trauma is this all consuming maze that I'm walking through, where nobody has a map for, because no healing maze is the same. People can offer insights into their own experiences, they can offer me a look at my map from where they're sitting, but no-one (except myself) can tell me exactly which roads to go down to heal.
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PTSD Symptoms In Children That Parents Need To Watch Out For After Terrorist Attacks And Tragedies

'Kids are struggling to process the Manchester attacks and Grenfell Tower.'
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Please Don't Call Us 'Difficult to Engage'

"He/she is difficult to engage." It's a term that I have often heard used by psychiatric staff when talking about patients. I was described as "difficult to engage" when I was under mental health services and now that I run a Suicide Crisis Centre, I frequently hear the same phrase used by psychiatric staff who signpost to us.
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Childhood Cancer and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

For parent and child, a cancer diagnosis is a mental shock. And the physical shocks that follow that diagnosis- invasive treatments, surgeries, radiation and chemotherapy are also difficult to bear, also potentially traumatising.
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