Sexual and gender minorities (SGM) encompass members of the LGBTQ+ community as well as any individuals whose sexual orientation, gender identity, and reproductive development is considered to be outside physio-socio-cultural norms (NIH, 2019). SGM individuals […]
In recent years, there has been a proliferation of attention paid to trauma-informed care. It is not surprising then, at least for our area of New York, that I “grew up” in professional families in […]
A growing number of veterans are accessing treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) through the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). In 2015, over 568,000 veterans received treatment for […]
Michael J. Perrotti, PhD. forensicpsychdoc@sbcglobal.net Klein and Zaleski (2018) conducted research on classifying the non-consensual sharing of images as sexual assault. The authors conducted a qualitative analysis on issues focused on the intersection of sexual […]
Suicide is one of only three leading causes of death in the United States that continues to increase (Stone et al., 2018). In 2016, World Health Organization statistics estimated that nearly 45,000 suicides (123 suicides […]
Phenomena like burnout popularly plague mental health (Morse, Salyers, Rollins, Monroe-DeVita, & Pfahler, 2012). Therapists working with clients who have experienced trauma are even more susceptible to the characteristic symptoms of burnout, including exhaustion, cynicism, […]
Using international statistics, up to 17% of boys and up to 33.8% of girls of girls are victims of child sexual abuse (CSA), making CSA a global concern (Barth, Bermetz, Heim, Trelle, & Tonia, 2013; […]
Hugo Schielke, PhD, Amie Myrick, MS, LCPC, & Bethany Brand, PhD hugo.schielke@gmail.com Persons who meet criteria for dissociative disorders (DDs) often experience high levels of chronic impairment across multiple domains of functioning, including complex psychiatric […]
Ana Abu-Rus M.A., Ken Thompson M.L.A., Cassie Brown B.A., Monica Ortiz B.A., Brandi Naish M.A., & Constance Dalenberg, Ph.D. Malingering is an issue that most, if not all, professionals in the mental health field will […]
Lynne H. Harris, MA, MPH, LMHC, LPC It’s “just a donut” became an unlikely catchphrase for my work with a client who has Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). It started in the retelling of a routine, but […]
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