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Trauma

Beauty After Bruises

Beauty After Bruises is dedicated to providing survivors of childhood trauma with both access and funding to receive therapy and/or inpatient care – while creating professional and public awareness for Complex PTSD and Dissociative Disorders.

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Caring for Kids After a School Shooting

Listen well, and help them help each other

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Complex Trauma Resources

This website’s mission is to increase understanding of complex trauma:

  • what it is,
  • what it does to people, and
  • ways to reverse its effects on mind, body and spirit.

Complextrauma.org was created by people whose professional backgrounds in the trauma field have been informed by their lived experiences with the goal of establishing the most comprehensive repository of information and resources on complex traumatic stress, and make it comprehensible to the public and professional alike.

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Going Back to School After a Tragedy

When tragedy strikes a school community, the prospect of sending kids back to school can be daunting. But it’s an important milestone, because it is essential that children get back into ordinary routines after hearing disturbing and frightening news. Children find comfort in the familiar, and going back to school and any after-school activities helps build healthy, resilient children. Here are some tips for helping kids worried about going back.

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Helping Children Cope With Frightening News

What parents can do to aid scared kids in processing grief and fear in a healthy way.

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How to Talk to Kids About School Shootings

Strategies for dealing with anxiety — your kids’ and your own

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MHC's Roadmap to Trauma & PTSD

This Roadmap provides an understanding of what trauma and PTSD are, their potential impact, how to cope, and where to find credible resources to further your healing journey.

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Mental Health During Global Conflict

People across the world may find they struggle with their mental health during times of global conflict. This does not affect only those in active combat — these are humanitarian crises, impacting an entire community or region and beyond. This page addresses how your mental health might be affected by major conflict events like war, terrorism, geopolitical tension, territorial disputes, and political instability.

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Multilingual Trauma Resources

When communities experience episodes of violence or face natural disasters these events are hard even for adults to comprehend. We can’t shield our children from pain and fear when they’re exposed to such tragedy. But we can help them process what they’re experiencing in the healthiest way possible.

The Child Mind Institute has prepared free trauma resources to aid parents, educators, and other adults in talking to children and adolescents about potentially traumatic events and identifying those who might benefit from more focused professional attention. Our children can be more sensitive to challenges around them because of their life experience and they need our support.

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Rainn

RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) is the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization. RAINN created and operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline (800.656.HOPE, online.rainn.org y rainn.org/es) in partnership with more than 1,000 local sexual assault service providers across the country and operates the DoD Safe Helpline for the Department of Defense. RAINN also carries out programs to prevent sexual violence, help survivors, and ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice.

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Safe Horizon

Safe Horizon’s mission is to provide support, prevent violence and promote justice for victims of crime and abuse, their families and communities. They provide compassionate and expert support for people who have experienced:

  • Domestic and intimate partner violence
  • Child physical and sexual abuse
  • Rape and sexual assault
  • Human trafficking
  • Stalking
  • Youth homelessness
  • Violent crimes committed against a family member and within communities

Safe Horizon partners with governmental and other community agencies and also advocates for policies on a local, state, and national level on behalf of those affected by violence and abuse.

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1-2-1 with Alan Cumming & Monica Lewinsky

Alan Cumming and Monica Lewinsky spoke about how they separate public perceptions from their personal identities, prioritizing self care, how humor helps them get through challenging times and more.

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1-2-1 with Oprah & Dr. Bruce Perry

Oprah Winfrey went 1-2-1 with Dr. Bruce Perry to conclude the Mental Health Awareness Month #121Series. They discussed the importance of asking the question "what happened to you?" in order to better understand yourself and others, how to "turn your post traumatic wounds into post traumatic wisdom" and much more

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