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Trauma Informed Health Care Education and Research (TIHCER) Collaborative Presenter : Maurice E. Hicks Jr., Medical and MBA Student at U of Minnesota During this session, Mo will briefly introduce some of the novel ways he has approached building trauma-informed care solutions, before using the rest of the hour to facilitate a discussion on considerations and barriers to TIC implementation. Bio: After graduating from Carleton College with a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology, Mo gained...

By Bob Sege, 2/28/23, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ Below is an excerpt from a blog written by HOPE Director Robert Sege for the American Academy of Pediatrics . Dr. Sege discusses the results from a survey that asked over three thousand parents their experiences throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. He shares that even in the face of disaster families were able to find hidden rewards. February 2020 started out like any other winter in Boston – cold and dreary. However, almost...

[Editor's note: Dr. Harise Stein at Stanford University edits a web site — abuseresearch.info — that focuses on the effects of abuse, and includes research articles on PACEs. Every month, she posts the summaries of the abstracts and links to research articles that address only ACEs, PCEs and PACEs. Thank you, Harise!! — Rafael Maravilla] Race/Cultural Concerns LaBrenz C, Kim Y, Baiden P, et al. State Child Maltreatment Policies and Disparities in Substantiation: A Study of State-Administered...

If we want health, we must promote health. This can seem counterintuitive to those of us who are used to focusing on the dangers and problems we are working to prevent. The Science of the Positive reverses the problem-centered frame: by growing healthy, positive, protective norms, we can decrease risky, harmful, and unhealthy attitudes and behaviors.

Prevalence of low-grade inflammation in depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of CRP levels Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 July 2019 Psychological Medicine , Volume 49 , Issue 12 , September 2019 , pp. 1958 - 1970 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291719001454 [Opens in a new window] Abstract Background Peripheral low-grade inflammation in depression is increasingly seen as a therapeutic target. We aimed to establish the prevalence of low-grade inflammation in...

BUILDING RESILIENCY TO TRAUMA, 2ND. EDITION March 6, 2023 Elaine Miller-Karas, LCSW, will discuss the second edition of her book, “Building Resiliency to Trauma”, with Dr. Michael Sapp, CEO of the Trauma Resource Institute on the regularly scheduled podcast Monday, March 6 from 1 - 2 p.m. PT During and after a traumatic experience, survivors experience a cascade of physical, emotional, cognitive, behavioral, relational, and spiritual responses that can make them feel unbalanced and...

By Shawna Chen and Erin Doherty, Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios, Axios, February 25, 2023 The first two months of the year have left Asian Americans reeling as they attempt to reconcile their reality with a seemingly unending string of violence — and many are homing in on the lack of mental health care available to some of their most vulnerable. The big picture: Amid recent high-profile attacks and the larger surge in anti-Asian hate , young Asian Americans — for whom the leading cause of...

Yakini Horn, owner of Yaya’s Natural Hair Boutique in Atlanta, rolled sections of Akeyla Peele-Tembong’s hair in her hands during a styling visit on Feb. 20, 2023. Horn was creating “starter locs,” the early stage of a natural hairstyle that will take months to root. Credit: Victoria St. Martin By Victoria St. Martin, Inside Climate News, February 27, 2023 Perched in a stylist’s chair at Yaya’s Natural Hair Boutique, Akeyla Peele-Tembong teared up as she recalled how, when she was a college...

By Marilyn Singleton, Illustration: Daniel Fishel/The Washington Post , The Washington Post, February 22, 2023 I’ll never forget my parents’ reaction when I was accepted to the University of California at San Francisco’s medical school. Having attended segregated schools, my mother and father were thrilled that their daughter would attend a fully integrated, top-tier institution. When I graduated with a medical degree in 1973, a Black woman in a class of mostly White men, there was a real...

By Emma Williams, Image: Screenshot from article, Prison Policy Initiative, February 27, 2023 Family separation due to a parent’s incarceration has impacted over 5 million children and has profound negative impacts on a child’s well-being. But some states are addressing this crisis. We reviewed recent legislation and found that, in response to pressure from advocates to address the crisis of family separation by incarceration, 12 states and the federal prison system have taken legislative...

A homeless encampment that was threatened by rising waters in Sacramento last month. Credit... Max Whittaker for The New York Times By Soumya Karlamangla, The New York Times, February 21, 2023 Yvonne Soy had to move out of her apartment in Contra Costa County because she couldn’t pay her rent. She began living in her car, with her two cats, and tried to get work as a secretary or a legal administrator. But the showers at the local homeless shelter didn’t open until 8:30 a.m., too late for...

Online Class Only! Monday Night Meditation 7pm to 8pm Pacific time ONLINE information at www.apositivelight.com Because of Icy Roads, this Monday February 27, 2023 we will be offering ONLINE ONLY Joanie Lane offers two sittings and a talk on: How to bring Mindfulness into our lives Jon Kabat-Zinn, the founder of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, describes mindfulness as “Awareness that arises through paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgementally, in the service of...