Trauma & Loss
8 essays from the archive on trauma & loss.
Sarah Benamer on why the narrative of trauma is ubiquitous in contemporary society
Trauma and Attachment The John Bowlby Memorial Conference Series is the culmination of a collective journey in which we, as John Bowlby Centre conference
Read the essayAviation psychologist Professor Robert Bor examines the mental health issues behind the recent Germanwings plane tragedy
The Eve of Destruction: Germanwings flight 4U 9525 and Pilot Suicide A popular but dated image of pilots probably derives from war movies showing scenes i
Read the essayDavid Gee explores the mental health issues of youth recruitment on ‘Armed Forces Day’
PTSD, Suicide, Alcoholism, Child Recruitment, and Violence: Aspects of Mental Health in today’s British Armed Forces Although not all veterans are severel
Read the essayHow the experience of grief and loss shapes our world, by Vamık D. Volkan
Life after Loss: The Lessons of Grief I was born in Cyprus, a Mediterranean island, when it was a British colony. After completing my high school educatio
Read the essayConsuming Violence: forensic psychoanalyst John C. Espy on our fascination with serial killers
A Journey Through the Dark Boroughs of a Pedophilic Cannibal’s Mind Nathaniel Bar Jonah would regularly say, when questioned about the murder of the 10-ye
Read the essayWishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a happy and peaceful New Year
Why Peace is Not Just for Christmas, by Rod Tweedy Last year saw the centenary of the Christmas Truce of World War One – the remarkable event in which sol
Read the essayInto the Darkest Places: Early Relational Trauma and Borderline States of Mind, by Marcus West
How early traumatic experiences, and our primitive responses to them, become embedded in our personalities We live in fascinating times, where recent adva
Read the essayRewiring the Human Brain to Train it for Obedience and Violence: The Psychological Reality of Military Training, by David Gee
The First Ambush: Hijacking the Human Brain ‘Unbeknown to me at the time, the army’s training and/or indoctrination would come to shape my life, my decisi
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