This article from Harvard Medical School touches upon the challenges of coping with the loss of a loved one during the holidays. It provides tips to help process those emotions.
Recognizing the Signs and Symptoms of Drug Use and Addiction
This resource provides insight into potential signs or symptoms of someone suffering from drug and alcohol abuse.
Helping Loved Ones Live with Trauma
This resource can be useful for those who want to provide support a loved one experiencing symptoms of a trauma. It discusses dealing with stress and tips to help foster open communication.
Fifteen Ways to Support Someone Who Is Grieving
This article provides insight into how to help those who are experiencing a loss and grief.
Exercise for Stress and Anxiety
This article from the Anxiety and Depression Association of America links the benefits of exercise and the positive effects it can have on stress and anxiety.
How Exercise Affects Your Body and Mind
The Ultimate Guide To Stress Management
This in-depth article highlights the causes and effects of stresses and provides insight into the effect of stress on the body and how to alleviate some of that stress.
Sesame Street | When Families Grieve
Helping Children with Grief, Loss and Trauma
How to Reduce Stress Through Nutrition
Stress and Sleep
This article targets the effects of stress on the body and as a result, sleep. It includes a number of tips to lower stress levels to improve sleep.
How Grief Can Make You Sick
In this article, Everyday Health explains the correlation between grief and sickness. It covers grief and exhaustion, depression, substance abuse and more.
Trauma and Sleep
The National Sleep Foundation touches upon the correlation between trauma sufferers and sleep issues. It provides insight into how different types of trauma can affect sleep and how to best cope with it.
How Does Stress Affect The Body When We Don’t Manage It?
What Doesn’t Kill Us: A guide to overcoming adversity and moving forward
Stephen Joseph gives the reader six steps to help manage our emotions and navigate adversity. These steps can help individuals find new meaning and purpose in their lives. In What Doesn’t Kill Us, Joseph challenges people to look at the positive in difficult situations. To purchase this book, click on the link below: https://www.amazon.com/What-Doesnt-Kill-overcoming-adversity/dp/0749952407
Supporting Traumatized Children and Teenagers: A Guide to Providing Understanding and Help by Atle Dyregrov
Atle Dyregrov wrote this book to help adults interact with children who have experienced traumas or to help them prepare for one. Some of the topics he discusses in the book are: aspects of trauma, gender differences, how friends can help, and post-traumatic therapy. Read more of this interesting book below:
Grief in Children: A Handbook for Adults by Atle Dyregrov
Atle Dyregrov’s handbook discusses how children may react to the death of a loved one. He talks about how children are a lot more aware of situations then parents think and if parents are not open with them, it could lead to the children being confused. He also lists some possible ways that children could react to this horrible news. Check out … Read More
A Guide for Parents, Caregivers and Teachers
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) wrote an article called “Tips for Talking With and Helping Children and Youth Cope After a Disaster or Traumatic Event”. They detail possible reactions, how to support children’s recovery, how to talk to kids of different ages after the trauma, and the importance of families and teachers working together. Read more below: … Read More
Roy Hallums Tells The Story Of The Day He Was Kidnapped
Fernando Valesca Tells The Story Of His Parents Kidnapping
How Parents Should Talk To Pre-Teens (7-11) About Trauma
How To Help Children Deal With the Death Of A Loved One
How Parents Should Talk To Young Children About Trauma
How Parents Can Help Teenagers Deal With Trauma
Responses to Traumatic Events and PTSD Therapies
Seeking Support for Returned Hostages and Their Families
Family challenges during a kidnapping
How to cope during a kidnapping
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