Child Welfare Panel, November 7, 2014, San Francisco, CA Moderator Charles Wilson of the Chadwick Center for Children and Families opened the session with a brief history on the system, coming from a rescue philosophy. In the 1970’s the...
If you asked the average American this Veterans Day to describe a homeless veteran, you’d probably get a description like this: older white male, Vietnam-era, probably single, often with a drug or alcohol problem. What you might be...
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Research on the brain is surging. The United States and the European Union have launched new programs to better understand the brain. Scientists are mapping parts of mouse, fly and human brains at different levels of magnification. Technology...
IN the public imagination, forensic mental hospitals — where states place the criminally insane — are hellish scenes of cages and restraints, the better to keep us safe from the Hannibal Lecters of the world. And it’s true...
What if there were a science that could help you understand why high school was (for so many of us) so horrible? What if there were a science that laid bare the dynamics of cliques, in-crowds and outsiders with the mathematical precision of a...
Resiliency, vicarious trauma, self-care and reflection have become standard rhetoric for me both as a student and future Social Work Professional and yet remain incredibly important. As Social Workers, we are instilled with a commitment to...
November 6, 2014, San Francisco, California The speakers included Kimberly Beckstead , San Diego Trauma Informed Guide Team ; Dave Lockridge , ACE Overcomers ; Jim Sporleder , Sporleder Consulting; Jane Stevens , ACEs Too High and ACEs...
The number of babies born too early dropped to 11.4 percent of all births in 2013, the best number in 17 years. But that's still more than 450,000 children being born too early. Those babies face in increased risk of death, and those who...
When Judge Lawrence Ornell took a seat in his Santa Rosa courtroom the morning after Election Day, a man with an “I voted” sticker on his lapel walked up to the bench, beaming. Ornell noticed the man’s sunny disposition then...
Think of your body like an automobile. Both require regular maintenance, periodic repairs, and safe handling. Both inevitably wear down — and much earlier when they’re subject to excessive strain and lax care. And like a rusted...
On June 17, Ruben Rodriguez got two brightly colored envelopes in the mail. His grandmother had sent a card with a silly cartoon. His mother wrote a more sentimental message on her card and tucked a folded piece of loose-leaf inside it. That...
All the world’s a stage — even behind bars, in Massachusetts. Inside juvenile correctional facilities in the Bay state, young offenders study the finer points of Shakespeare, rehearse for weeks, then perform the bard’s works...
Half of all premature deaths from colorectal cancer (described as deaths in people ages 25 to 64) in the United States are linked to ethnic, socioeconomic, and geographic inequalities, and therefore could be prevented according to a new study...
Regulation of a single, specific gene in a brain region related to drug addiction and depression is sufficient to reduce drug and stress responses, according to a study conducted at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published...