Trauma

In the first of the series “The Injured,” a Kansas family remembers Valentine’s Day as the beginning of panic attacks, life-altering trauma, and waking to nightmares of gunfire. Thrown into the spotlight by the shootings, they wonder how they will recover.

Affinia Healthcare received nearly $390,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to provide Afghan refugees with health care education and wellness services.

Missouri University of Science and Technology professor Mark Towler has patented a glass powder that helps wounds stop bleeding. He's now investigating whether it also can prevent infections.

While friendship has helped Mikayla Sanders, Axel Cortes and Raniyah Taylor recover from the initial trauma of last year’s school shooting, there is still a lot of healing to be done.

Bilingual International Assistant Services, a St. Louis nonprofit received a $1.8 million federal grant to provide mental health support to Afghans who resettled in St. Louis after August 2021. The grant will provide therapy and other support to about 600 Afghans suffering from trauma of war.

When Suzanne Galvin and her husband, John, aren’t working at Thompson Coburn, they help refugees process their trauma after crises.

Many women who fled Afghanistan and Syria over the past year are experiencing PTSD and suffering from other mental health illnesses. The Oasis International organization is hosting a free group therapy session for Afghans and Syrians refugees to help them as they learn to live in a new environment.

A trauma resource session will take place at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3 at the St. Louis Public Library-Carpenter Library on South Grand Boulevard for students, parents and community members affected by the shooting at Central VPA High School.

Clinical psychologist Marva Robinson shares tools and resources for people dealing with trauma from the Central Visual and Performing Arts High School shooting.

Sew Hope Community Sewing Room in north St. Louis County aims to create a space for people to heal from past traumas as they express their creativity. It will help children and adults learn how to sew.