"Vietnam War veterans suffering from PTSD may also be at risk for an even more debilitating health condition – heart disease. "In a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), male twin Vietnam veterans with PTSD were twice as...
"Abt Associates has been awarded a contract from the Office of Women’s Health (OWH) to evaluate its National Training Initiative on Trauma-Informed Care for Community-Based Providers. “Women and girls who are victims of trauma can be...
Greetings everyone! We are happy to announce the live website of the Maine Resilience Building Network . Check out the site -- maineaces.org! Looking forward to connecting more folks in Maine doing ACEs and resilience work.
The Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles sees a steady flow of people coming through their doors, but was as surprised as we were by the number of service providers flocking to the launch of the Trauma Informed Nonviolent Standards of Care on October...
[Must-read] Abstract Initial research on loss and potentially traumatic events (PTEs) has been dominated by either a psychopathological approach emphasizing individual dysfunction or an event approach emphasizing average differences between exposed and non exposed groups. We consider the limitations of these approaches and review more recent research that has focused on the heterogeneity of outcomes following aversive events. Using both traditional analytic tools and sophisticated latent...
“Ten years ago they went to the (Massachusetts Department of Children and Families), the police station, the district attorney’s office and the emergency department at a hospital (to be treated and interviewed),” she said....
"Home visitation to at-risk families is an important strategy for improving early-childhood outcomes. On the heels of numerous trials demonstrating many positive and sustained outcomes for mothers and children, the Affordable Care Act in 2010...
"The Sexual Assault Response Team – also known as SART – held its first annual conference and focused on how to better help victims of child abuse. "In Pennsylvania, we were put on the map through Jerry Sandusky and post-Sandusky. The...
Abstract This paper investigates whether exposure to violence, sexual abuse, or bullying is associated with later work participation and whether high school completion has a potential mediating role. Self-reported junior high school questionnaire data...
"It’s clear that re-homing is an issue that must and should be addressed. As Jackie Mitchard writes me: “I know how desperate Joyce Maynard and others must have felt. Nothing is more disheartening and frightening to feel you...
"Putnam-Hortnstein identified 24,767 teen mothers ages 15-19, who had a child during 2006 or 2007 in Los Angeles County. They then traced the child maltreatment histories of those mothers back to their tenth birthdays, while tracking the instances of...
"Anyone who has spent any time in human services knows that multiple agencies all own a piece of the puzzle when it comes to helping and healing people and families. Health, mental health, schools, substance abuse services, law enforcement,...
"Prevent Child Abuse Athens was founded in 1986 by citizens concerned about high rates of child abuse in Athens. The organization searched for ways to support parents before any abuse occurred, realizing that some parents had experienced abuse...
Dr. Bruce Perry and Time Magazine agree: too much electronic interaction and not enough face-to-face "attachment" time with humans, is destroying our souls and society. Let's leave the computer sooner and go hug a human asap. Bruce Perry wrote...
"The Born This Way Foundation is opening doors for many youth to have the full life they are born to live. Many youth experience events in their early life, through no choice of their own, which can be deeply stressful to a developing mind and brain...