There is no “post” in post-traumatic stress for Palestinian children who have nowhere safe to return to. Many children in Gaza have known nothing but displacement, occupation, and loss. Over 17,000 Palestinian children have been reported orphaned since October 2023.

Racism is not an issue because Black, Indigenous, or People of Color (BIPOC) are a minority; it is an issue because the ideology of white supremacy persists and continues to legitimise racial violence and oppression.

When we talk about mental health, we often tend to go straight to the mind. This is also what often comes to our minds when we first think about mainstream psychotherapy.

Although the mind is an important aspect of therapy and healing there is also other aspects to healing, which involves our body and spirit.

Have you ever experienced that your family is “cursed” with bad luck? Are you struggling with a pattern of negative experiences such as abusive relationships, financial hardships, substance abuse, poor emotional coping, or health issues that seem to be passed down to you? If so, it's possible that you're experiencing intergenerational trauma. This article will explain the concept of intergenerational trauma, how it can manifest in individuals through history, and what you can do to break your own cycle of generational trauma.

Racism affects people of color in many ways, including their mental and emotional well-being. One of the ways that racism can harm people of color is through racial gaslighting. In this article, I will define what racial gaslighting is, provide examples, and offer tips on how to respond to it.

In Sweden, mental health resources for race-based traumatic stress are limited, with only a few mental health practitioners offering racial-trauma-informed practice. Alongside this underrepresentation, mainstream psychotherapies stem from Western Eurocentric ideologies, which tend to pathologise societal problems, reinforce power dynamics between the patient and therapist, and undermine the representation of culturally diverse practices. These discriminatory systems only continue to perpetuate racism and create barriers to equitable mental health care for people being oppressed by racism.