by Jolene | Oct 8, 2015 | In Children, PTSD
Why the Spotlight Is on PTSD in Children Thank you for stopping by for the sixth post in a weekly series about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children. Last week’s post discussed what happens when a person, child or adult, responds to a perceived...
by Jolene | Oct 1, 2015 | In Children, PTSD
A Look Inside: The Brain’s Response to Childhood Trauma Welcome to the fifth post in an ongoing series about childhood trauma and PTSD. So far, the series has explained why I write about PTSD in children, what words like childhood developmental trauma and PTSD...
by Jolene | Sep 24, 2015 | In Children, PTSD
What Causes PTSD in Children? When adults think about what causes PTSD in children, most have an easy time coming up with a short list. Physical, sexual, and verbal abuse make the list. So do natural disasters like tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes....
by Jolene | Sep 17, 2015 | In Children, PTSD
10 Myths about PTSD in Children Thank you for stopping by for the third installment in the series about PTSD in children, also known as childhood developmental trauma. Part 2 in the series provided definitions of trauma, PTSD, and childhood developmental trauma. With...
by Jolene | Sep 10, 2015 | In Children, PTSD
Childhood Trauma, by Any Other Name, Is Still Traumatic As was mentioned in the first post in this series, my first acquaintance with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children was not intentional. Rather, I stumbled into the world of childhood trauma in 2008...
by Jolene | Sep 3, 2015 | In Children, PTSD
Writing about PTSD in Children Was Not on My Bucket List I have loved to tell stories for as long as I can remember. Show and tell was my favorite subject in school. My second favorite subject was when the teacher read aloud after lunch. The actual writing of stories...
