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Washington, D.C. – Today, the Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy and Practice (CTIPP) launched a national campaign – #TakeOnTrauma – to urge the newly sworn-in 118th class of Congress to support policies that create conditions for people, families, and communities to succeed. From substance misuse and youth mental health challenges to heart disease and community violence, our nation faces fundamental challenges with a common root cause: trauma. 70% of U.S. adults have experienced at least...

Male child genital cutting (aka circumcision) was more common in dysfunctional, violent households as revealed by the ACEs checklist.

By Heidi de Marco, Photo: Heidi de Marco/KHN, California Healthline, January 23, 2023 Classmates often stop Alma Gallegos as she makes her way down the bustling hallways of Theodore Roosevelt High School in southeast Fresno. The 17-year-old senior is frequently asked by fellow students about covid-19 testing, vaccine safety, and the value of booster shots. Alma earned her reputation as a trusted source of information through her internship as a junior community health worker. She was among...

By Nicholas Kristoff, Photo: Giles Clarke/The New York Times, The New York Times, January 11, 2022 Here in the Kibera slum, life sometimes seems a free-for-all. Residents steal electricity by tapping into overhead lines, children walk barefoot through alleys trickling with sewage, and people occasionally must dodge “flying toilets” — plastic bags that residents use as toilets and then dispose of by hurling them in one direction or another. Yet this is an uplifting slum. Against all odds,...

By Robert Goldman, Photo: Unsplash, Psychology Today, January 17, 2022 When a crime occurs, it sets in motion potential tragic consequences that are often unseen by the American justice system. However, this "benign neglect" may lead to traumatic consequences for the victims and the community. Trauma is a deeply distressing or disturbing event that has long-lasting effects on an individual's mental, emotional, and physical well-being. A single event, such as a car accident or a natural...

By Bill McKibben, Photo: Dominique Berbain/Getty, The New Yorker, January 19, 2022 Shortly after the New Year, the Washington Post ran a story with a headline that would have seemed inexplicable, even runic, to most readers just a few years ago: “The world’s torrid future is etched in the crippled kidneys of Nepali workers.” But we’re growing used to the idea that the climate crisis, in Naomi Klein’s phrase, “changes everything,” so why not the internal organs of Nepalis? Remarkable...

A trauma-informed approach to care acknowledges that health care organizations and care teams need a complete picture of a patient’s life situation — past and present — to provide effective services with a healing orientation. Trauma-informed practices hold the potential to improve patient engagement, treatment adherence, and health outcomes, as well as provider and staff wellness. Join this webinar on February 28, 2-3:30 pm ET to learn how Denver Health, a large health system in Colorado,...

In some indigenous African tribes, scarification is part of human identity. From a Western pathogenic lens, perhaps we see a distorted image that is ugly, uncomfortable and as the representation of a pointless, primitive process that inflicts unnecessary pain on our people. We, however, proudly wear our badge of honor that signals to the world that we belong, have succeeded in our rites of passage, and that we are resilient. Observing the striations on a pregnant woman's beautiful belly,...

48-HOUR HISTORICAL TRAUMA SPECIALIST CERTIFICATION in collaboration with THE INTERNATIONAL HISTORICAL TRAUMA ASSOCIATION We are the only entity offering a comprehensive, 48-hour Historical Trauma Specialist Certification Program. The Program is broken into 6 levels and is built on a foundation of BIPOC cultures and neurobiology. It is taught from a multicultural perspective, injecting traditions and ideology from various cultures from around the world. In this inclusive study we rely on the...

Hi everyone! I thought I'd share a less than five-minute video about why I wrote my new book "It's Not About Food, Drugs, or Alcohol: It's About Healing Complex PTSD." In it, I share the key symptoms that I had struggled with for decades that I had no idea were due to unhealed trauma. The photo I've shared in this post illustrates what healed, and unhealed Complex PTSD looks like. Tragically, this image captures just part of the devastation that complex PTSD leaves in its wake. The good news...

Special Early Head Start/Head Start Offer TSI has a limited offer for new Early Head Start/Head Start projects in 2023. To learn more, join the upcoming special webinar entitled “ Implementing Trauma-Informed Care in Early Head Start/Head Start Programs ” on Thursday, February 2, 2023, 1:00-2:00 ET. Learn more and Register for the Webinar https://www.traumaticstressinstitute.org/

Bryan R. Smith/AFP/Getty Images Joseph E. Stiglitz, a Nobel laureate in economics and University Professor at Columbia University, is the co-chair of the Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation (ICRICT). The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. It happened again. Thousands of supporters of Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro stormed the country’s government buildings on January 8 in protest of their newly sworn-in president . The riots...