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How to Attend Chat Event on August 8th @ 10 AM PST / 1 PM EST : If You are a Member of the Parenting with ACEs Group Go to Parenting with ACEs Group on August 8th. Find Featured Chat at top. If You're Not a Member of the Parenting with ACEs Group Go to Groups, All Groups, find Parenting with ACEs Group , Join This Group. Find Featured Chat at top of page. More about the Chat: Carey Sipp is a health writer, parenting educator and trauma-informed communities advocate. She is the author of The...

A live streamed presentation on August 4 by Nadine Burke-Harris, MD followed by a question and answer session (each segment is about an hour) was given at Grand Rounds at the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. The high demand from users not present at the event caused technical difficulties—something that had never happened at Grand Rounds before. Thanks to Elizabeth Hudson, Director of the Wisconsin Office of Children’s Mental Health, for this excellent resource. Here are the links: Grand...

Discussion around how drug use is criminalised in this country often focuses on the legal sanctions placed on those caught in possession, to which a number of objections can be made. The majority of people who use drugs recreationally do not encounter problems with their use, while those who do should be given appropriate treatment and support, not censure. The stigma and legal penalty attached to illegal substances discourages those experiencing problems with their use from seeking the help...

The suicide rate among teenage girls continues to rise and hit a 40-year high in 2015, according to a new analysis released Thursday. Suicide rates doubled among girls and rose by more than 30 percent among teen boys and young men between 2007 and 2015, the updated breakdown from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds. It’s all part of a growing national trend for more suicides, said CDC suicide expert Thomas Simon. “There has been a substantial increase in suicide rates in...

With knowledge of how the adolescent brain matures, adults can do more to ensure that the road leaving foster care will take young people to self-sufficiency and successful adulthood. And this guide tells how. [For more go to http://www.aecf.org/resources/the-road-to-adulthood/]

Decades ago, success was measured by wealth and leisure. The number of vacations you took. Where you went. How you spent that time. The number of fancy cars inside your garage. The number of fancy things and rooms inside your home. These were the ultimate status symbols. The more you relaxed, the more lavish your lifestyle, the more luxurious your getaways, the more you were seen as a highly successful somebody. Today, however, success and status are measured by how busy you are. The busier,...

Stress is inevitable. But psychologists are learning more about how to keep it from becoming overwhelming. Midlife, in particular, can bring with it many stressful events: divorce, the death of a parent, a stagnating career. In this hour, we’ll discuss how to develop the coping skills needed to meet the challenges of midlife. [For more of this story, written by Scott Shafer, go to https://ww2.kqed.org/forum/2017/07/28/meeting-the-challenges-of-midlife/]

For decades the “Philadelphia Story” was about steady economic decline. That story is being rewritten today as many Americans rediscover 'the advantages of cities—inviting public spaces, rich cultural diversity and a creative environment that fertilizes start-ups and attracts talent. Young people, in particular, have moved here in droves, realizing they can enjoy the same kind of urban amenities as New York, Washington or Boston. New Americans immigrating from other nations also contribute...

HALF OF PEOPLE aged between 18 and 24 have said that a mental health issue has affected their work ethic at some stage of their career, according to a new survey. Despite this, however, almost half (49%) of people in this age group said that they would feel uncomfortable ringing in sick to work if they had a mental health issue. Across all age groups, 35% of employees said that a mental health issue had affected their work ethic, while 40% would not ring in sick because of their mental...

A radical therapy may heal the deepest layers of the brain—and transform the way we treat the often untreatable victims of PTSD.

I keep thinking the best way to change our current problems with ACE issues is to make a national MANDATORY use of the ACE Survey at all pediatric practices. Yet, someone today said..."Is there any follow-up to the Portland pediatric story?" Are parents following through on getting counseling, etc. after sharing their ACE results? " Does anyone have that information? Because I was getting push back today from the CEO of a big, respected Corporate Wellness coaching firm. He found the ACEs...

[Editor's note: Dr. Harise Stein at Stanford University edits a web site -- abuseresearch.info -- that focuses on the health effects of abuse, and includes research articles on ACEs. Every month, she's posting the summaries of the abstracts and links to research articles that address only ACEs. Thank you, Harise!! -- Jane Stevens] Bellis MA, Hardcastle K, Ford K, et. al. Does continuous trusted adult support in childhood impart life-course resilience against adverse childhood experiences - a...