More than half of Australians will experience trauma, most before they turn 17
Date Time More than half of Australians will experience trauma, most before they turn 17 When I began researching the transmission of transgenerational trauma and literary trauma testimony in 2010, I rarely encountered the word “trauma” in the media and national conversation. Author Adjunct Lecturer in Writing, University of Notre Dame Australia Trauma as a concept mostly only preoccupied trauma studies researchers, trauma-educated survivors, and those working on trauma’s front lines, such as mental health professionals. Now, for the first time in Australian history, trauma is tre...