Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Adverse Childhood Experiences, and their associated Mental Health Disorders.
This month we have been discussing complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD/ c-PTSD/ Complex PTSD) and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). So far, we have explored the definitions of both, and some of the long-term consequences to the lives of children who...Adverse Childhood Experiences and the Changes to the Human Brain
In our last article, we examined the definition of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and briefly touched on what ACEs do to the brain. In today’s article, we are going to explore, in depth, the changes which occur in our brains from trauma during childhood. As most...Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) and Adverse Childhood Experiences
Most of us have heard of post-traumatic stress disorder. Once called shell-shock, the disorder develops after being exposed to a highly traumatic situation such as war or a car wreck. However, there is another type of trauma-induced problem called complex...