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Why it's hard to 'just get over it' for people who have been traumatized

  • Written by Joan Cook, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University
imageA protester at a December speech by an alt-right speaker on the Texas A&M campus. David Phillip/AP

People’s past, present and future are interconnected, and so is our country’s. Being willing to consider the connection between historical trauma and present-day experiences and distress is essential on a personal level – and...

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