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Recognizing Depression Risk in Traumatized Scam Victims – 2026

Recognizing Depression Risk in Traumatized Scam Victims Depression After a Scam's Betrayal Trauma: A Practical Guide to Recognizing Risk, Evaluating Symptoms, and Starting Care Principal Category: Scam Victim Psychology Authors: • Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych) – Licensed Psychologist, Specialty in Crime Victim Trauma Therapy, Neuropsychologist, Certified Deception Read More ...

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The Many Types of Trauma – Their Effects on Scam Victims – 2026

A SCARS Institute Special Report: The Many Types of Trauma Psychological Trauma Does Not Have One Universally Accepted Master List Principal Category: Psychology / Recoverology™ Author: • Tim McGuinness, Ph.D. - Anthropologist, Scientist, Polymath, Director of the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. Read More ...

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Gestalt Therapy Overview and Potential Applicability to Scam Victims – 2026

Gestalt Therapy Overview and Potential Applicability to Scam Victims Gestalt Therapy: Understanding the Whole Person Through Awareness, Experience, and the Present Moment Principal Category: Psychology / Therapy / Recoverology Author: • Tim McGuinness, Ph.D. - Anthropologist, Scientist, Polymath, Director of the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Read More ...

• ARTICLE, • ASSISTANCE & SUPPORT PSYCHOLOGY, • RECOVERY PSYCHOLOGY, • VICTIM PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2026, RECOVEROLOGY|

Assumed Continuity Bias – A Cognitive Bias – 2026

Assumed Continuity Bias - A Cognitive Bias Principal Category: Cognitive Biases Author: • Tim McGuinness, Ph.D. – Anthropologist, Scientist, Polymath, Director of the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. Abstract Assumed Continuity Bias describes the tendency to believe that a relationship, resource, opportunity, service, or Read More ...

• ARTICLE, • COGNITIVE BIASES, ♦ COGNITIVE BIAS, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2026|

REBT – Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy and Scam Victim Recovery – 2026

REBT - Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy and Scam Victim Recovery A SCARS Institute Scam Victim/Survivor Self-Help Guide Principal Category: Psychology / Therapy / Recovery / Recoverology Author: • Tim McGuinness, Ph.D. - Anthropologist, Scientist, Polymath, Director of the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. Read More ...

• ARTICLE, • ASSISTANCE & SUPPORT PSYCHOLOGY, • RECOVERY PSYCHOLOGY, • VICTIM PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, 2026, RECOVEROLOGY|

Status Quo Bias – Cognitive Bias – 2026

Status Quo Bias Principal Category: Cognitive Biases Author: • Tim McGuinness, Ph.D. – Anthropologist, Scientist, Polymath, Director of the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. Abstract Status Quo Bias is the tendency to prefer an existing condition, habit, belief, relationship, or arrangement because it is Read More ...

• ARTICLE, • COGNITIVE BIASES, • VICTIM PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ COGNITIVE BIAS, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2026|

Belief Perseverance Cognitive Bias – 2026

Belief Perseverance Cognitive Bias - 2026 Principal Category: Cognitive Biases Authors: • Tim McGuinness, Ph.D. – Anthropologist, Scientist, Polymath, Director of the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. Abstract Belief Perseverance is the tendency to maintain an established belief after credible evidence has weakened or Read More ...

• ARTICLE, • COGNITIVE BIASES, ♦ COGNITIVE BIAS, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, 2026|

The SCARS Recovery Effect Cognitive Bias – 2026

The SCARS Recovery Effect Cognitive Bias Principal Category: Cognitive Biases Author: • Tim McGuinness, Ph.D. – Anthropologist, Scientist, Polymath, Director of the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. Abstract The SCARS Recovery Effect describes a cognitive bias in which some recent scam victims overestimate how Read More ...

• ARTICLE, • COGNITIVE BIASES, • RECOVERY PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ COGNITIVE BIAS, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, 2026|

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A Scam Victim’s Guide to Trauma – 2026

A Scam Victim's Guide to Trauma Understanding Psychological Trauma: A Scam Victim's Guide to Trauma Types, How They Form, and Why They Matter in Recovery Principal Category: Scam Victim Recovery Psychology Authors: • Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych) – Licensed Psychologist, Specialty in Crime Victim Trauma Therapy, Neuropsychologist, Read More ...

• ARTICLE, • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, • VICARIOUS TRAUMA, • VICTIM PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2026|

Whole Person Healing & Recovery Inventory – v3

[raw] SCARS Institute Whole-Person Recovery Inventory Personality, Trauma, Vulnerability, Recovery, Functioning, and Safety · 200 Statements in 20 Sections Your Privacy Is Protected We never see your identity Your responses are processed in your browser and your email. Only you see any identifying information about you. The name or identifier Read More ...

• RECOVERY PSYCHOLOGY, • VICTIM PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ SELF-TESTS, 2026, ASSESSMENTS|

Recognizing Depression Risk in Traumatized Scam Victims – 2026

♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, • ARTICLE, • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, • RECOVERY PSYCHOLOGY, • VICTIM PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2026, RECOVEROLOGY|

Scam Victim/Survivor Recovery Self-Assessment

[raw] Scam Recovery Self-Assessment Test Where You Are on Your Healing Path · 50 Questions Your Privacy Is Protected We never see your identity Your responses are processed in your browser and your email. Only you see any identifying information about you. De-identified data supports research With your permission and Read More ...

• RECOVERY PSYCHOLOGY, • VICTIM PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ SELF-TESTS, 2026, ASSESSMENTS, RECOVEROLOGY, UPDATED 2026|

The Many Types of Trauma – Their Effects on Scam Victims – 2026

♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, • SPECIAL REPORT, ♦ FOR ADVOCATES, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2026|

Traumatic Injury Catalog Self-Assessent – v10

[raw] V10 SCARS Institute Naming What Was Lost · a reflection worksheet Naming what was lost A scam is not one injury. It is many. This worksheet gives you space to name them — the betrayals, the broken attachments, the ways you were made to feel unsafe, and the griefs Read More ...

• PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, • VICTIM PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ SELF-TESTS, 2026, ASSESSMENTS, RECOVEROLOGY, UPDATED 2026|

The SCARS Institute Stroop Self-Assessment Test – Attention/Cognition Test – v6

[raw] SCARS Institute | Stroop Attention & Interference Self-Assessment Stroop Attention & Interference Self-Assessment A timed task that measures how well you can hold your attention on one thing when something more automatic is pulling at it. About six minutes. Your privacy is protected We never see your identityYour responses Read More ...