Recent research shows that some individuals are benefiting from post-traumatic growth related to pandemic life. Here's what to know. Tatiana T. Melendez, M.A, M.S.W, LCSW is a licensed clinical social ...

The experience of significant life events, especially difficult ones, can motivate reflection on things we want to change. Psychologists have been studying this idea—known as post-traumatic growth—for ...

The mental health effects of Hurricane Katrina have been studied for more than a decade, and that research found that post-traumatic growth can co-exist with post-traumatic stress.

Merced is the only California county that’s still in the purple tier of the state's reopening plan. Just a month ago, more than half the counties in the state were stuck in that tier. Progress in the ...

It's called post-traumatic growth. Scientists explain the keys to achieving it. Before performing on stage members of La Cachada, a theater troupe that focuses on tackling unspoken taboos, do a ...

A phoenix rising from the ashes is a powerful symbol of rebirth after adversity. There’s truth to this mythical metaphor. In the aftermath of trauma, even when it feels impossible to simply get out of ...

NhuNgoc Pham was a high school student living in the New Orleans metro area when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005. Her parents, immigrants from Vietnam, had recently purchased ...