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Guest Post: PTSD vs C-PTSD by APN Lodge

Bipolar Bandit

Whether you’ve had a PTSD or C-PTSD diagnosis in the past and it’s being exacerbated by the pandemic, or you’re just starting to take a closer look at your mental health symptoms, we can all benefit from more support and greater trauma awareness. There is no single “best” treatment for PTSD treatment.

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How to Help Someone Who’s Experiencing PTSD

Gateway Foundation

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that can severely impact a person’s life. When a partner, family member, or friend has PTSD, it can also take a heavy toll on your relationship with them. It’s essential to remember that a person with PTSD might not always have control over their behaviors.

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Therapist Turns Game-Creation Hobby Into Full-Time Business

Social Work Blog

By Alison Laurio Jessica Marcrum, MSW, LSW, a clinical social worker focusing on individual therapy and cases of trauma, PTSD, domestic abuse and sexual abuse, has put her private practice in Pittsburgh on hold for a while as she focuses on building her tabletop game-design hobby into a business.

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Therapist Turns Game-Creation Hobby Into Full-Time Business

Social Work Blog

By Alison Laurio Jessica Marcrum, MSW, LSW, a clinical social worker focusing on individual therapy and cases of trauma, PTSD, domestic abuse and sexual abuse, has put her private practice in Pittsburgh on hold for a while as she focuses on building her tabletop game-design hobby into a business.

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Therapist Turns Game-Creation Hobby Into Full-Time Business

Social Work Blog

By Alison Laurio Jessica Marcrum, MSW, LSW, a clinical social worker focusing on individual therapy and cases of trauma, PTSD, domestic abuse and sexual abuse, has put her private practice in Pittsburgh on hold for a while as she focuses on building her tabletop game-design hobby into a business.

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Mental Health Check-in

Abuse Survivor

I think anyone would under my circumstances of life plus debilitating PTSD symptoms. I have to remember that I wake up with a certain amount of stress and accept that I’m not running around like someone that doesn’t have PTSD so I need to give myself a break. I am unable to sit in person with a trauma therapist just yet.

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Chicago students are in crisis. Here’s how we can help them heal.

Brightpoint

A June 2023 U of Chicago Education Lab study found that an “astonishing 38 percent” of Black and Latina adolescent girls in Chicago schools showed signs of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This is double the rate of PTSD among service members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

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