What Are the Mental Health Effects of Sexual Assault? Sexual abuse survivors no longer feel like their bodies belong to themselves anymore and feel the traumatizing effects of the sexual assault. In the UK, according to the Office for National Statistics, 85,000 women and 12,000 men were sexually assaulted in England and Wales every year....Read More

Binge Eating and Trauma Binge eating is having episodes of compulsive eating. According to WedMD, one in four people who binge eat have PTSD and 35% of women who have been raped or sexually assaulted have a binge eating disorder. Many with PTSD tend to engage in self-destructive behavior in order to focus on something...Read More

What is the Difference Between PTS and PTSD? Many people can confuse post-traumatic stress (PTS) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).  They share a similar name and there are some similarities; however, these two disorders are different in symptom presentation, duration, and treatment.  Both PTS and PTSD involve feelings of fearfulness, avoidance, nervousness, anxiety, and nightmares. ...Read More

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) A traumatic situation can be experienced either through a frightening or dangerous event.  Such events can include a weather phenomenon such as a hurricane or tornado, military combat, serious accidents, or violent assaults.  A trauma experienced for long periods of time can also be considered a frightening or dangerous event.  Losing...Read More

Co-Occurring Disorders: Opioids Many individuals with opioid addiction also have co-occurring disorders such as depression, anxiety, or bipolar disorder.  A co-occurring disorder is a substance use disorder and other mental health disorders occurring together in one individual either at the same time or separated by a period of time.  An opioid addiction is an addiction...Read More

Stress Management and Anxiety Disorders Individuals who experience anxiety are familiar with the feelings associated with having an anxiety disorder.  These feelings include restlessness, difficulty concentrating, irritability, excessive worry, sleep problems, and physiological symptoms such as rapid heartbeat, increased respiration, and a general feeling of being overwhelmed. The disorders most often associated with anxiety include...Read More

When a person goes through something traumatic, the effects are damaging. Trauma is calamitous in every sense of the word – it changes a person’s life forever and effect all aspects of life. There are two sides to trauma –  the direct effects of it happening, and the short to long-term effects that remain after...Read More

Anxiety isn’t Always Anxiety Research has shown that approximately 40 million people suffer from anxiety – that’s about 1 in every 13 people that experience this. Some forms of anxiety are helpful – with the right kind of anxiety, we often perform our best under pressure and take precautionary steps before making a major decision....Read More

Therapy and treatment is taking a new turn for compulsive and behavioral disorders like gambling addiction. Virtual reality is promising a world of possibilities for psychotherapeutic treatments. So far, the results are promising. For example, some research studies have found great success in using virtual reality to treat PTSD, post traumatic stress disorder, in veterans....Read More

Some months ago, we covered a topic that many readers may have found disturbing. It dealt with the military and what is known as “bad paper.” That is, being discharged from the military under less than favorable circumstances, or dishonorable discharge. At the time, upwards of 10 percent of post-9/11 veterans were found to have...Read More