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Epigenetics and Depression: How Environment Impacts Mental Health
March 12, 2020 .
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Over 17 million adults in the United States had at least one major depressive episode in 2017 (National Institute of Mental Health, 2019). Globally, more than 264 million people of all ... Read More
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Can You Have Trauma Symptoms Without Experiencing Trauma?
December 5, 2019 .
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Many might assume that the intergenerational transmission of trauma from parent to child occurs through abuse or neglect, but this is not always the case. Trauma can also be passed on through ... Read More
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Impacts of Intergenerational Trauma: How #MeToo Affects Us All
August 6, 2018 .
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I had an eye-opening insight during a recent training class. We were talking about the #MeToo movement and trauma that carries forward from one generation to the next. It suddenly struck ... Read More
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Can People Really Change? Epigenetics, Neuroplasticity, and CBT
April 26, 2018 .
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Many of us learned in high school biology class that genetic traits are passed down to us from our parents. We were taught that we have brown, blue, or green eyes because a parent did, ... Read More