Trauma and the Brain

Trauma and The Brain

September 2015 8 minute presentation outlines areas of brain and how they function as it relates to trauma.
NHS Lanarkshire EVA Services – Trauma and the Brain: Understanding abuse survivors responses. This animation is for any professional working with a service user when GBV is a feature in the case.

Neurobiology of the Sexual Assault: Interview with Dr. Rebecca Campbell

Interview 1

December 2012, Dr. Rebecca Campbell, Michigan State University, gave a seminar in NIJ’s Research for the Real World series that brought together research on the neurobiology of trauma and the criminal justice response to sexual assault. Before the seminar, we sat down with Dr. Campbell for a three-part interview. In this segment, she covers: Trauma versus lying: How can law enforcement tell the difference?,How did you become interested in this type of work?, and What is the impact of this training on law enforcement?

Interview 2

December 2012, Dr. Rebecca Campbell, Michigan State University, gave a seminar in NIJ’s Research for the Real World series that brought together research on the neurobiology of trauma and the criminal justice response to sexual assault. Before the seminar, we sat down with Dr. Campbell for a three-part interview. In this segment, she covers: What is secondary victimization?, Differences between victims who report and those who don’t and Benefits of understanding traumatic memory and victim behavior

Interview 3

December 2012, Dr. Rebecca Campbell, Michigan State University, gave a seminar in NIJ’s Research for the Real World series that brought together research on the neurobiology of trauma and the criminal justice response to sexual assault. Before the seminar, we sat down with Dr. Campbell for a three-part interview. In this segment, she covers: What changes can improve the investigation and strengthen the case?, Who benefits from learning about the neurobiology of trauma?, Describe your current project, and What are the next steps in this field of research?

Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome - Dr. Joy De Gruy Leary author of Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome book

London, 2008 Dr Joy De Gruy Leary presents researched-based connection between slavery and trauma in video, published in September 2016.

2015
Childhood trauma isn’t something you just get over as you grow up. Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the repeated stress of abuse, neglect and parents struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues has real, tangible effects on the development of the brain. This unfolds across a lifetime, to the point where those who’ve experienced high levels of trauma are at triple the risk for heart disease and lung cancer. An impassioned plea for pediatric medicine to confront the prevention and treatment of trauma, head-on.