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May 14, 2024 · Intergenerational trauma refers to trauma that is passed from a trauma survivor to their descendants. It can also be referred to as transgenerational or multigenerational trauma.
Intergenerational trauma refers to the apparent transmission of trauma between generations of a family.
Apr 20, 2022 · The key to understanding intergenerational trauma lies in the nature of trauma responses themselves. When you experience a traumatic or stressful event, your brain and body work to protect you...
Mar 25, 2020 · From Individual Trauma to Intergenerational Trauma. Many children experienced psychological, spiritual, physical and sexual abuse at the hands of their so-called caregivers in the residential school system (see Child Abuse).
Apr 15, 2022 · Intergenerational trauma is essentially what happens when adverse events or experiences are passed down from one generation to the next, often in unspoken and deeply complex ways.
Apr 12, 2024 · Intergenerational trauma involves the inherited transmission of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Epigenetics may explain why trauma is passed from one generation to the next.
Feb 1, 2019 · One of the first articles to note the presence of intergenerational trauma appeared in 1966, when Canadian psychiatrist Vivian M. Rakoff, MD, and colleagues documented high rates of psychological distress among children of Holocaust survivors ( Canada’s Mental Health, Vol. 14).
