Trauma Archives

04.26.2024 illustration of healing hands with tattoo-related artwork in the background, included a butterfly, flowers, and leafy vines

Artful Healing: The Intersection of Tattoo Artistry and Trauma-Informed Care

PHPod sits down with Kat O'Hare, a therapist and tattoo artist in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to discuss tattoo artistry as a practice of body reclamation and healing.

Fellow Kara Schmidt

03.11.2024 Broken window with cracked glass pattern and a bullet hole in the middle, representing gun violence

Health Consequences of Gun Violence Exposure

Gun violence exposure, both individually and cumulatively, has critical implications for mental, physical, and behavioral health and well-being.

Guest Author Daniel Semenza

01.19.2024 field of American flags, representing veterans

Suicide Rates Among Native Veterans

Suicide rates among Native veterans are disproportionately high compared to White veterans, with younger individuals in this population at a particularly high risk of suicidal ideation.

Fellow Kara Schmidt

12.14.2023 Count of psychiatric emergency department visits among Black Americans in New York City, 2006–2015

Stopping Starts Trauma

New York City's Stop, Question, and Frisk policy was linked with more frequent police stops and increased psychiatric emergency department visits among Black people.

Fellow Sean Hagan

03.02.2021 a room with chairs and a flag

Trauma by Trial

The US court system is currently set up in a way that inherently retraumatizes survivors, subjecting them to painful experiences that echo and aggravate the original trauma they survived.

Fellow Tasha McAbee

body.tag .page-numbers { pointer-events: auto; }