Is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Your Genes?
By Sandee LaMotte, Special to CNN
Updated 4:28 PM ET, Thursday March 12, 2015
at CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/12/health/ptsd-genes/
Category: About Trauma
Do Jews Carry Trauma in Our Genes? A Conversation With Rachel Yehuda
The innovative neuroscientist discusses how the Holocaust, famine, and other catastrophic experiences can affect our DNA
by David Samuels, December 11, 2014
at TabletMag.com
http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/books/187555/trauma-genes-q-a-rachel-yehuda
Holocaust Survivors Trauma Passed on to Children’s Genes
The team’s work is the clearest sign yet that life experience can affect the genes of subsequent generations. Photograph: Mopic/Alamy
Study of Holocaust Survivors Finds Trauma Passed on to Children’s Genes
New finding is first example in humans of the theory of epigenetic inheritance: the idea that environmental factors can affect the genes of your children
at TheGuardian.com
Complex Trauma and Cognitive Distortion
Dr. Christine Courtois on Complex Trauma and Cognitive Distortion
Published on Jul 23, 2012
Dr. Christine Courtois talks about complex trauma and the defense of minimization in an interview with Dr. Lisa Firestone for PsychAlive.org.
Watch the full interview here:
https://psychalivemedia.pivotshare.com/media/attachment%2C-trauma-and-dissociation.-an-interview-with-dr.-christine-courtois/23340
It’s Not You, It’s What Happened to You
It’s Not You, It’s What Happened to You: Complex Trauma and Treatment, by Christine A. Courtois, PhD, ABPP. (2014)
Loneliness Rooted in Relational Trauma
At PsychCentral.com
http://pro.psychcentral.com/loneliness-rooted-in-relational-trauma/008982.html
Helping Adult Children of Alcoholics
After the Tears: Helping Adult Children of Alcoholics Heal Their Childhood Trauma, by Jane Middelton-Moz, MS, Lorie Dwinell, MSW. (2010)
http://www.middeltonmozinstitute.org
How Bullied Children Grow into Wounded Adults
By Bianca Lorenz, December 19, 2013
At The Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley
A new longitudinal study finds children are affected by bullying throughout their lives—and reveals that even perpetrators can struggle as adults.
http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/bullied_children_grow_into_wounded_adults#
The Impact of Unresolved Trauma and Grief on Relationships
Heartwounds: The Impact of Unresolved Trauma and Grief on Relationships, by Tian Dayton Ph.D. (1997)
On Marrying a Survivor of Childhood Sexual Abuse
(Wikimedia)
Dealing with misinformation, feeling powerless, and slowly getting better together
By Shonna Milliken Humphrey, August 27, 2013 in The Atlantic
The ACOA Trauma Syndrome
The ACOA Trauma Syndrome: The Impact of Childhood Pain on Adult Relationships, by Tian Dayton, MA, PhD, TEP. (2012)
What is PTSD?
What is PTSD? (Whiteboard Video)
Veterans Health Administration
Published on Jun 5, 2014
Whiteboard video covering PTSD basics, such as types of trauma and symptoms.
http://www.ptsd.va.gov/public/materials/videos/index.asp