For 25 years, Mariska Hargitay has played the tough but empathetic Olivia Benson on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, helping survivors of sex-related crimes confront their trauma (while solving ...

When I was a resident at NYU in 2009, I worked extensively at Bellevue Hospital's Survivors of Torture Center. I was training to be a psychiatrist, seeing patients who'd endured unspeakable terrors in ...

From the specific situations that trigger trauma to the mechanisms underlying its effects, there exists a wide range of distinguishable forms of this complex phenomenon. Some authors concentrate on ...

Childhood experiences shape who we are, from how we form relationships to how our bodies respond to stress. When those early years contain abuse, neglect, or chronic fear, the negative effects may ...

The term trauma was once predominately associated with veterans suffering from the effects of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, we have now become more informed about the depth and ...

Hargitay “grew up in a house of people dealing with tragedy in their own way,” she said while accepting the Hope Award for Depression Advocacy at the HDRF’s 18th Annual HOPE Luncheon Seminar on ...