Trauma Archives

Untangling ADHD, Anxiety, Trauma, and Mood in Assessment

At a glance: ADHD, anxiety, trauma, and mood disorders can present with a striking symptom overlap, but the underlying drivers (and treatments) are not the same. Surface symptoms rarely tell the full story; patterns across context, time, and informants are what differentiate. When the differential is unclear, better data—not more symptom checklists—is what...

Why School Psychologists Must Assess for Trauma During Evaluation

Educators and mental health professionals have grown increasingly concerned about the exposure to and experience of trauma among children and adolescents. In a school setting, childhood adversity and trauma are associated with lower achievement, truancy and dropout, behavioral problems, mental illness, neurobiological changes, and difficulty managing emotions and social relationships...