by PACMH Team | Jun 14, 2023 | Life Transitions, Trauma
During childhood, a child’s mind develops in response to the environment they experience. When a child grows up experiencing physical, sexual, and/or emotional abuse, or neglect, and there is no support or protection given by a parent or other primary caregiver,...
by PACMH Team | May 17, 2023 | Life Transitions, Sexual Abuse
In the United States, 1 in 9 girls and 1 in 53 boys under the age of 18 experience sexual abuse or assault at the hands of an adult. 18% of girls and 3% of boys say that by age 17 they have been victims of a sexual assault by another adolescent (Shattuck et al.,...
by PACMH Team | Oct 27, 2020 | Anxiety
What is Anxiety? Anxiety is defined as “a future-oriented state involving perceived uncontrollability and unpredictability over dangerous events or the person’s emotional response to those events. Anxiety is distinguished from fear (or panic) by a primal alarm...