Tag Archives: suicide
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New Evidence: The Need for Trauma Informed Care
Posted on April 26, 2016 by admin in PTSD Blog.A new report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA’s) Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ) states that “exposure to one or more potentially traumatic events in a lifetime is associated with a host of potential negative behavioral and physical effects, ranging from mental illness and depression to substance abuse, […]
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Suicide Now Outranks War-Related Military Deaths
Posted on December 9, 2014 by admin in PTSD Blog.According to a new report recently released by the Pentagon in the Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, suicide is now the leading cause of death among the military. War-related causes have dropped to a second ranking for the first time in ten years. As reported by the Inquisitr, “Suicide accounted for three in 10 military deaths […]
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Suicide Prevention and Awareness
Posted on November 18, 2014 by admin in PTSD Blog.Norman watched from the shade of the porch as his father walked slowly toward the barn to do the milking. Clouds of dust swirled around his father’s boots as he scuffed through the dry earth. In a few hours he’d return to the house, and the family would gather at the table for dinner. His […]
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YOUR TRAUMA STORIES
Posted on July 29, 2013 by admin in PTSD Blog.Have you had a traumatic experience that’s left you struggling to cope in certain areas of life? Have you been robbed? Physically or sexually abused? Been the victim of domestic violence? Have you watched your house burn, witnessed a tragic accident, or experienced medical trauma or near-death experience? Have you endured the pain of abandonment or neglect? Have […]
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Broken Places. A View From the Other Side. (Part 4 of 5)
Posted on July 26, 2013 by admin in PTSD Blog.By Shelly Beach I was living in Michigan. Wanda was living somewhere in California–I had no idea where. And in that first phone conversation, she wasn’t ready to tell me. The only thing I knew for sure was that she wanted to die. And she had a plan to carry it out. Several […]
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Broken Places. A View from the Other Side. (Part 3 of 5)
Posted on July 26, 2013 by admin in PTSD Blog.I “met” Wanda Sanchez when she booked me to talk about my book, The Silent Seduction of Self Talk on her San Francisco radio show. I guess I did a good job because afterwards she booked me to do a series of shows on my caregiving books. We never talked, but why would we? […]
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Broken Places: A View from the Other Side, Part 2
Posted on May 7, 2013 by admin in PTSD Blog.By Shelly Beach I was living in Michigan. Wanda was living somewhere in California–I had no idea where. And in that first phone conversation, she wasn’t ready to tell me. The only thing I knew for sure was that she wanted to die. And she had a plan to carry it out. Several plans, in […]
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Broken Places: A View from the Other Side (part 3 of 4)
Posted on May 3, 2013 by admin in PTSD Blog.By Shelly Beach I “met” Wanda Sanchez when she booked me to talk about my book The Silent Seduction of Self-Talk on her San Francisco radio show. I guess I did a good job because afterwards she booked me to do a series of shows on my caregiving books. We never talked, but why would […]
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