‘The Slaves Dread New Year’s Day the Worst’: The Grim History of January 1 New Year’s Day used to be widely known as “Hiring Day” or “Heartbreak Day”

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OLIVIA B. WAXMAN DEC 27, 2019 9:00 AM PST  Americans are likely to think of New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day as a time to celebrate the fresh start…

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In Indian Country, a Crisis of Missing Women. And a New One When They’re Found.

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Ashley, right, trying to wake up her sister Dani in the motel room where their family is living in Gallup, N.M. Dani had previously been missing for two years, one of many Native American women to disappear in what activists call a long-ignored crisis.

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Q+A: How is trauma passed on through generations?

Is the transmission of trauma multi-generational? Do children of survivors of mass atrocities have a higher risk of developing psychological disorders? To understand the process of multi-generational legacies of trauma, Maria Armoudian speaks with Andrei Novac and Yael Danieli about the impact of survivors’ post-trauma adaptational style in their children’s eyes

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Major Neurological Study Reveals Long-Term Mental Health Impact of Holocaust on Survivors and Their Descendants​

A new study by Europe’s leading professional association for neurologists has found that survivors of the Holocaust suffered long-term damage of their brain structures as a result of their trauma, with mental health problems being passed down to their children and grandchildren.

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