15. The Trauma of College Athletics

07/21/20 • 49 min

The Costs and Benefits of Trauma: How individual trauma heals collectively

Dr. Hood talks with Scott Smith, a former defensive end who developed debilitating PTSD from playing college football.
Learn how his struggle with trauma nearly cost him his life, and also became the inspiration for the holistic health and wellness center he opened on Capitol Hill.

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14. How Trauma Disproportionally Impacts the most Vulnerable

Join Dr. Hood and guest Minister Tamyca Brown as they discuss community based mental health treatment in Virginia.
Many of the most vulnerable individuals in our society rely on support from people like Tamyca to get through their daily lives. Many have also suffered trauma.
How do people with intellectual and developmental delays cope with trauma? Do the symptoms of trauma and the presentations of mental illness look the same? Do they overlap or compound?

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16. How Dark Humor Can Help Process Trauma

Comedian/Firefighter Jason Patton and Dr. Hood discuss how "Dark Humor" may help people process the stressful and potentially traumatic things that they experience.
Jason Patton @firedepartmentchronicles started making short videos about firefighter life at his station. He often jokes about how the first lesson he learned was how NOT to include his department logo in the shots (as per his unhappy but very cool Chief).
From those department shorts to one of the most recognizable faces on social media, Jason uses humor to tackle the most difficult topics in the emergency responder family. He will make you laugh your butt off however, make no mistake, Jason is a true advocate who is doing very important work supporting suicide prevention and mental health within the first responder community.
His mission? "To Make Mental Health Cool"