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People targeted by the symbols on display during last week's insurrection might be experiencing historical trauma, also known as intergenerational trauma. Here's what it is, and how it can be triggered by the news.
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With case numbers at tens of thousands and number fatigue setting in, one Kansas Citian shares a smaller number to consider: six. The number of people he personally has lost.
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Mental health experts say that even people who remain physically healthy throughout the COVID-19 epidemic are already experiencing high levels of trauma,…
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Segment 1: Trauma centers in Kansas City are hopeful their preparation for a mass shooting will never play out.Mass casualties strike with no warning,…
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Now that it’s July, Wyandotte High School senior Tahj Harris said he hears gunshots every day.“I’m used to it,” he said. “I don’t think much about it.”For…
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It all started in August 2016.Natasha Hays, a young mother of three, was killed in her sleep in a drive-by shooting in Northeast Kansas City, Kansas.Days…
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Three schools will get $1.4 million from education nonprofit SchoolSmartKC to improve student performance, Kansas City Public Schools announced…
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Segment 1: Kansas and Missouri "silence breakers" speak up about their own sexual harassment and assult. In the wake of the #MeToo Movement, awareness of…
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Segment 1: Few infected convicts in Missouri prisons are receiving newer hepatitis C drugs that are more effective, and more expensive.According to an…
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Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker says gun violence survivors don't just fall through the cracks."They're not cracks. They're gaping holes in…
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Segment 1: How trauma and abuse in childhood can mean a lifetime of illness.Dr. Nadine Burke Harris had already established herself as a provider of care…
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Missouri schools continue to dole out harsher punishments to black students – and in particular, black students with disabilities – for disciplinary…