by Shelly Beach | Aug 20, 2014 | In Parents, PTSD
PTSD and Nursing Moms Photo Credit: tungphoto at www.freedigitalphotos.net Hello, Different Dream readers! Welcome to a guest post from my good friends and fellow PTSD advocates, Shelly Beach and Wanda Sanchez. This post about PTSD and nursing mothers first appeared...
by Jolene | May 2, 2014 | In Parents, PTSD
10 Truths Learned about Trauma Photo Credit: smarttiw at www.freedigitalphotos.net Trauma impacts lives. Whatever time of life a person is traumatized—as an infant, child, teen, or adult—life is never the same. A post at Sojourners by Catherine Woodiwiss explains ten...
by Jolene | Apr 2, 2014 | In Children, PTSD
4 Ways to Prevent Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Children Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children. That’s a concept many adults want to deny. We don’t want to live in a world where children, much less infants, develop PTSD. The bad news is that they...
by Charles Bowers | Mar 13, 2014 | Prevention/Treatment, PTSD
How to Beat Caregiver Stress Syndrome, Part 2 Caregiver stress affects even the most dedicated family members caring for loved ones. Yesterday, Dr. Charles Bowers, a retired OB/GYN, defined caregiver stress syndrome and lists its symptoms. Today, in Part 2, he offers...
by Charles Bowers | Mar 12, 2014 | Prevention/Treatment, PTSD
How to Beat Caregiver Stress Syndrome, Part 1 Caregiver stress is a reality for families caring for loved ones. Dr. Charles Bowers, a retired OB/GYN, wants to equip parents of kids with special needs to recognize stress and cope with it. In Part 1 of his 2-part...
by Jolene | Feb 26, 2014 | Advocacy and Research, PTSD
Study Says Raising Kids with Special Needs Creates Parental Stress Are you surprised to hear that a new study conducted by Case Western Reserve University concluded that parenting a child with chronic special needs creates parental stress? No, I’m not either....
