Francesca Beaudoin PhD ’17, the interim dean of the School of Public Health, said that most people who have experienced a traumatic event recover. But some individuals may develop long-lasting ...

A one-week mind-body retreat led to consistent changes in the brain and at the molecular level that were associated with ...

For nearly 3 years, author R.G. Shore was incarcerated in a predominantly white and also racially divisive prison in the Pacific Northwest. During that time, Shore learned to meditate and create a ...

Great advancements have been made in research regarding how to treat trauma. In particular, a renewed focus has assessed how working on the body can offer benefits not gained by more traditional talk, ...

This post was co-authored by Mellissa Withers and Maya Makarem (a Master of Public Health student at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine.) More studies are examining the ...

Trauma affects individuals deeply, altering their sense of safety, their emotions, and how they perceive the world around them. Its impact can be profound and long-lasting, affecting mental, physical, ...

The conversation around trauma has become mainstream, as people seek to understand the effects of stress and emotional wounding on the body and mind. Countless books and studies have brought vital ...

Peter Levine, author of the bestselling Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma, which has sold over a million copies, offers his own story of trauma and healing in his latest book, An Autobiography of ...

Caste — one of the oldest systems of exclusion in the world — is thriving. Despite the ban on Untouchability 70 years ago, caste impacts 1.9 billion people in the world. Every 15 minutes, a crime is ...

Dalit American activist Thenmozhi Soundararajan ties Dalit oppression to fights for liberation among Black, Indigenous, Latinx, femme, and Queer communities, examining caste from a feminist, ...