One treatment option for children’s trauma is eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing, or EMDR. Here’s how it works and what the research says about its effectiveness.
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Deep psychological factors play a part in obesity, including childhood trauma.
Children who suffer trauma are more likely to have mental health problems such as anxiety.
Three years observing in a public school has given one scholar a close-up look at the sweeping challenges in public education.
The most important thing to avoid is intrusive, probing questioning straight away. The media and the public should also refrain from speculative, premature comment.
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