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Clinical relevance: Childhood trauma disrupts stress hormone regulation and immune function, increasing adolescent suicide risk. By Denis Storey, Psychiatrist.com, Image: Unsplash via Crowdstack , February 25, 2025 Adolescent suicide rates have been climbing since the pandemi c , and it persists as the leading cause of death among Americans between 5 and 24. Recent research points a finger at “externalizing behaviors” and exposure to violence . As part of that, firearms deaths have been...

By Medical Express, Photo: Unsplash/CC0Public Domain , February 24, 2025 *Editor's Note: This article is a PDF download. A new Penn Nursing study published in the Journal of Urban Health reveals that both Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and perceived neighborhood disorder significantly impact the mental health of Black men in Philadelphia following serious traumatic injuries. The Penn Nursing study highlights the critical role of social and environmental factors in post-injury recovery.

By Anthony Murphy, Iffat Elbarazi, Neal Horen, Toby Long, et al., BMC Psychiatry, Image: Unsplash from Crowdstack , February 25, 2025 Abstract Background An increasing body of evidence highlights the utility of examining adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) utilizing person-centered analytical approaches, particularly for understanding the organization and co-occurrence of ACEs, and their contributions to risk, vulnerability, and the development of intervention efforts. Methods In the first...

Understanding the link between racial discrimination and youth mental health By Isha W.Metzger, Psychology Today, Image: Unsplash via Crowdstack , February 24, 2025 Growing up, I was always taught to stand tall in the face of adversity, but what happens when the adversity is rooted in your identity ? As a mother, clinical psychologist, and educator, I see how racial discrimination profoundly impacts the mental health of youth. My son is still too young to fully understand the intricacies of...

Haspel: Child care is an essential need for families, not a handout. By Elliot Haspel, The74, Photo: screenshot from article , February 25, 2025 Consider two neighboring towns, Potato and Potahto. Both have collected $1,000 in taxes and their goal is to ensure that all residents end the harvest season with at least 10 of the tubers. Potato spends its money on fertilizing everyone’s soil and making sure they have good seeds and good tools, as well as hiring monitors to ensure the farmers are...

The latest Surviving Spirit Newsletter - Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health is out - It can be read online via this & you can also subscribe - http://ml.survivingspirit.com/dada/mail.cgi/archive/newsletter/20250225172606/ or this - https://newsletters.survivingspirit.com/pdfs/2025-02-The_Surviving_Spirit_Newsletter_February_2025.pdf The Surviving Spirit Newsletter February 2025 Healing the Mind, Body & Spirit Through the Creative Arts, Education &...

[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!] Child abuse Ruch DA, Horowitz LM, Hughes JL, et al. Suicide in US Preteens Aged 8 to 12 Years, 2001 to 2022. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jul 1;7(7):e2424664. PMID: 39078634 “Study...

A delegation of CHWs advocate for salaries, skills, and supplies in Liberia. (Photo courtesy of Community Health Impact Coalition) Health coalitions did the research, coordinated with donors, and secured strong government buy-in. Now, community health workers are finally getting the credit—and pay—they deserve. By Sheringham Odhiambo, Madeleine Ballard, Ben Pyne and Kathryn Harrison, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Photo: Community Health Impact Coalition , February 24, 2025 Ten years...

By Dennis Thompson, HealthDay, Image: screenshot from article/Adobe Stock , February 24, 2025 A parent’s mental health appears to influence their kids’ chances of developing anxiety, ADHD and other behavioral disorders, a new study says. Children were more than four times as likely to develop severe ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) if their caregiver had poor or fair mental health, compared to kids of caregivers in excellent mental health, researchers found. Likewise, kids’...

By Sara Kellner, Healio, Image: screenshot from article , February 24, 2025 Children with emotional or cognitive disabilities were more likely to report being suspended or expelled from school compared with children with physical disabilities or no disabilities, according to findings in Academic Pediatrics. “Our study draws attention to the alarmingly large disparities for use of serious school discipline with youth who have disabilities vs. those who do not,” Christine James, PhD , LSW,...

Physician-researcher outlines gut-brain clues behind ‘orange a day’ finding By Saima Sidik, The Harvard Gazette, Image: screenshot from article , February 21, 2025 New findings add another dimension to “gut feelings.” Eating an orange a day may lower a person’s depression risk by 20 percent, according to a study led by Raaj Mehta , an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School and a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital. That might be because citrus stimulates growth of...

Joins Fresno State in new Cal State programs to ease the financial guesswork for incoming students By Amy DiPierro, EdSource, Photo: Cal Poly Humboldt , February 25, 2025 A new initiative at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, seeks to allay students’ doubts about whether they can afford to enroll there. If there is a gap remaining after traditional financial aid awards, Humboldt says it will pick up the balance starting in the fall. Cal Poly Humboldt’s Green & Gold...