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Blood Transfusion: Falklands
Lessons from the frontline: why the experiences of soldiers in the Falklands War made doctors rethink how they treat severe trauma wounds. Biology - Human Body - Learning Points. During the Falklands conflict, wounded soldiers in the...
Great Big Story
Healing through connection, the warriors and Wolves program
Explore the Warriors and Wolves program, where veterans find healing through their bond with rescued wolves. Discover how nature and animal companionship can aid in recovery from trauma.
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Making Faces for the Dead
Step into the unique world of restorative art with James Edward Smith Jr., an instructor and clinical director at the Dallas Institute of Funeral Service.
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The Life-Changing Impact of Cataract Surgeries in Rural Ethiopia
This video highlights the plight of young people suffering from cataracts in rural Ethiopia and the life-changing impact of surgeries performed by Dr. Bora and his team. We meet a recently blind, young mother and learn about the...
Curated Video
Can Psilocybin or MDMA Treat Depression and Anxiety?
There's even a study using psilocybin (from mushrooms) to help doctors and nurses suffering from burnout! So why the excitement, and what's the downside? We’ll break it down, recap highs and lows from key studies, explain how these drugs...
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Laurie Halse Anderson
For author Laurie Halse Anderson, a survivor of trauma, putting pen to paper allowed her to make sense of the world. Discover how the acclaimed Young Adult author has connected with readers across the globe.
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The Chicago Locals Treating Gunshot Victims
Learn how to be a first responder in gun violence scenarios and save lives with Ujima medics' training.
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Living with Wolves Saved My Life
Discover how the Warriors and Wolves program is aiding veterans through nature and animal-assisted therapy.
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The Inmate Teaching Finance Behind Bars
Discover how inmates are learning finance and emotional literacy.
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Living With Wolves Saved My Life
Step into the transformative world of Warriors and Wolves, where wounded veterans find solace and healing in the company of majestic wolves. In this extraordinary program, veterans connect with nature and form profound bonds with these...
Great Big Story
Making Faces for the Dead
Step into the unique world of restorative art with James Edward Smith Jr., an instructor and clinical director at the Dallas Institute of Funeral Service. From understanding facial anatomy to recreating celebrity faces, embark on a...
Great Big Story
Making Faces for the Dead
Step into the unique world of restorative art with James Edward Smith Jr., an instructor and clinical director at the Dallas Institute of Funeral Service. From understanding facial anatomy to recreating celebrity faces, embark on a...
Great Big Story
Living with Wolves Saved My Life
Discover how the Warriors and Wolves program is aiding veterans through nature and animal-assisted therapy.
Great Big Story
The Inmate Teaching Finance Behind Bars
Discover how inmates are learning finance and emotional literacy.
Institute of Human Anatomy
Why Teenagers Are Reckless...
In this video, Justin from the Institute of Human Anatomy discusses the frontal cortex of the brain, it's numerous sub-regions, and their fascinating functions.
Curated Video
Depression and Rage: When Anger Masks Childhood Trauma
Dr. Tracey Marks explores the complex relationship between depression, childhood trauma, and anger in adults. This video sheds light on how childhood neglect can lead to intense anger later in life and offers insights into recognizing...
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Native American Boarding Schools: Forced Separation of Families
For over a hundred years, the U.S. government used education as a tool to assimilate Native American children into American society - by systematically erasing their history, culture, and language.
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Forced Removal to Mexico: Repatriation Drives
During the Great Depression, the U.S. government detained and deported almost 2 million Mexican American citizens and people of Mexican descent, in an initiative known as the Repatriation Drives.
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Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal
In the early 1900s, President Theodore Roosevelt's progressive legislation, dubbed the Square Deal, aimed to limit the power of corporations, protect consumers, and conserve natural resources. The Square Deal drastically changed the...
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How Trauma Memories Differ From Normal Memories
When you experience an emotionally traumatic event, the way you remember the event is very different from the way you remember a non-traumatic event. Why? Because trauma memories are stored in a different parts of the brain than...
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How to Deal with Dissociation as a Reaction to Trauma
Dissociation is an experience where your attention and emotions are disconnected from the present moment. It’s like you’re here, but your mind and emotions are somewhere else. This is a general term and experience. I talked in a previous...
Curated Video
How Trauma Changes Your Thinking
I talked in a previous video about how trauma affects how you store memories. Traumatic experiences can also affect how you perceive things and cause you to have what we call cognitive distortions. These distortions are especially...
The Guardian
Why horror keeps creeping into black drama
Shows such as I May Destroy You, Atlanta and Insecure depict a wide spectrum of black life, from hilarity to mundanity – but all these shows, at times, also have an impending sense of doom. This feeling of horror, this looming sense of...
The Guardian
Generation HIV: the young Britons born HIV positive
In Britain there’s a unique group of young people who’ve had HIV all their lives. They were born in the 90s, when mother-to-child transmission couldn’t be prevented, but HIV positive babies could survive. No other generation will ever...