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Are You Experiencing Racial Trauma? If You’re a BIPOC, Most Likely.

By Austa Somvichian-Clausen — 2020

Here’s what racial trauma is, and why it’s more common than you would expect.

Read on thehill.com

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Experimental Treatments Changed the Course of the AIDS Epidemic; We Need the Same Approach to Mental Illness Today | Commentary

Demand from patients seeking help for their mental illnesses has led to underground use in a way that parallels black markets in the AIDS pandemic. This underground use has been most perilous for people of color, who face greater stigma and legal risks due to the War on Drugs.

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Monnica Williams, Morgan Campbell
2021
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Study Finds Ketamine Can Help Patients Manage Depression and PTSD

Through this treatment plan, the patient was able to “reconceptualize her trauma” and “was able to move through difficult memories and emotions rather than letting them consume her,” explained U of O associate professor, Monnica Williams.

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Hannah Sabourin
2021
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Launching a Revolution

As California’s first surgeon general, Nadine Burke Harris, MPH ’02, is carrying out the visionary agenda she has brought to medical care: finding the roots of disease in childhood adversity and treating the long-term consequences.

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Madeline Drexler
2020
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How to Reduce the Impact of Childhood Trauma

Children who experience adversity tend to have health problems later in life. Dr. Nadine Burke Harris explains why—and how we can help heal those wounds.

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Jeremy Adam Smith
2018
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Tales of the Super Survivors

Human beings are more resilient than we’d earlier thought.

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David Brooks
2015
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The Most Common PTSD Triggers—and How to Manage Them

Loud noises, large crowds, and other PTSD triggers can make you feel like you’re reliving your trauma.

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Heather Mayer Irvine
2018
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A Psychedelic Drug Passes Big Test for PTSD Treatment

In an important step toward medical approval, MDMA, the illegal drug popularly known as Ecstasy or Molly, was shown to bring relief to those suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder when paired with talk therapy.

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Rachel Nuwer
2021
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Can Racism Cause PTSD?

One major factor in understanding PTSD in ethnoracial minorities is the impact of racism on emotional and psychological well-being. Racism continues to be a daily part of American culture, and racial barriers have an overwhelming impact on the oppressed.

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Monnica T. Williams
2013
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Repeated Ketamine Infusions Reduce PTSD Symptom Severity

Repeated intravenous (IV) ketamine infusions significantly reduce symptom severity in individuals with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the improvement is rapid and maintained for several weeks afterwards, according to a new study.

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ScienceDaily
2021
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Two Men Share Their Experience with Treatment for PTSD

This is a story about two very different men, their fight with post-traumatic stress disorder, and their coping options.

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Lewis Turner
2021
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