I wanted to share this post from our Resilience Trumps ACEs web site because I am so proud of Annett! Annett first told us what ACEs meant to her after she was invited to a seminar with Dr. Rob Anda in Spring 2008 (here's a three-minute video...
As a child, Diany Levy was called lazy and unfocused. She remembers that teachers called home on a daily basis to tell her parents she was not paying attention in class. Now, at the age of 23, Diany has finally been diagnosed with the cause of her...
Researchers from The University of Nottingham have found that balanced activity in the brain's prefrontal cortex is necessary for attention. The research helps to make sense of attention deficits in people suffering from cognitive disorders—like...
This article provides a comprehensive overview of mental health issues and highlights the recommendations a World Health Organization study (four of fourteen are included here) that says mental health should be approached as a public health...
The Connecticut Women’s Consortium that provides trainings, advocacy and policy related to the impact of the behavioral health system on women produces a quarterly newsletter “Trauma Matters.” The summer issue includes...
ACEsConnection Member Christopher Anderson heads MaleSurvivor, an organization dedicated to helping boys and men overcome experiences of sexual trauma, abuse, and victimization in all forms. Q. What do you do, and what does your organization...
Poverty is a growing problem, and it is particularly devastating to children, whose brains need fuel to grow so they can develop into healthy adults. But poverty affects more than brains. Poverty is linked to chronic disease — including obesity,...
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed legislation on Friday ensuring that seriously mentally ill inmates will no longer be kept in solitary confinement, an issue that has come under increasing scrutiny across the country amid arguments that the...
Former U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy talks with Alice M. Forrester, executive director of the Clifford Beers Clinic in New Haven, at a panel discussion about the effects of trauma on New Haven and other communities. America must recognize trauma as a...
Q: What personal or professional moment or event in your life inspired you to work on ACEs? A: I am the daughter of a psychologist and a social worker, so at times I have joked that I was genetically predisposed to be a professional...
Writer Ann Hite tells an evocative story about her and her brother's struggles after being brought up in a dysfunctional family. After a scary few years of bad choices, partying too hard and drinking too much, Jeff settled down, found the...
[Photo: Eric Thayer/Getty Images] For decades, inpatient rehab has been one of the go-to treatments for substance addiction. Nearly two million Americans seek treatment for addiction each year, but there's a movement in the medical community to change how we perceive the condition — and how to treat it. Alltyr patients don't pack a bag and check into a residential facility. They don't go to group therapy and they don't expect to get sober in 30 days. Instead, patients schedule regular...
It should come as no surprise that Los Angeles County's treatment of mentally ill jail inmates falls so short of acceptable standards that the U.S. Department of Justice is seeking federal court oversight . County officials did too little for too long...
NYU's McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research posted this on SocialJusticeSolutions.org. ...Despite the role school lunches have played in reducing hunger and addressing learning deficits , school systems and eligible families often...
In this op-ed, Rev. Dr. Frederick J. Streets, senior pastor of the Dixwell Congregational United Church of Christ and a licensed clinical social worker in New Haven, CT, defines a trauma-informed ministry. Here are two of the six aspects: • A...