In the 30-plus years since I started working as a psychiatrist, there’s been a huge surge in therapists focusing on trauma. For the most part, this is a good thing. We know that trauma, defined as an ...

Mental health professionals continue to get stuck in needless territorial disputes. Case in point: A recent article in The Atlantic by Rebecca Ruiz entitled, “How Childhood Trauma Could Be Mistaken ...

I recently received an email from a pediatrician asking about how to distinguish symptoms from trauma vs. ADHD, and whether to use medication for ADHD. They were wondering if this is something I run ...

Intergenerational trauma occurs when multiple generations of a family feel the effects of past traumatic events. These effects can be emotional or physical. Traumatic events can influence a person’s ...

Adults diagnosed with ADHD later in life had fewer childhood symptoms than those diagnosed in childhood, but both groups ...

It can sometimes be mistaken for "coping well," the experts said.