Alienation and Trauma in Older Adults

Whether traumas happen earlier or later in life, feeling disconnected means more mental health symptoms. Humans need relationships and connections to survive and thrive. After all, we are social creatures. When one human victimizes another, that betrayal can leave survivors feeling alienated – disconnected and unmoored from themselves and other people. In turn, alienation hasContinue reading “Alienation and Trauma in Older Adults”

At the Nexus of Intimate Partner Abuse, Asthma, and Brain Injury

by Anne DePrince and Eileen Wang Intimate partner violence (IPV) is associated with a host of health impacts — including worsened adult asthma outcomes among adult victims and their children. That’s what Dr. Eileen Wang from National Jewish Hospital documented in a recent review of some three dozen research studies on the topic. Looking closer,Continue reading “At the Nexus of Intimate Partner Abuse, Asthma, and Brain Injury”