Abstract Objectives To determine whether depression and anxiety in adulthood are associated with abuse exposure in childhood. Methods A search of PUBMED, EMBASE and PSYCHINFO databases (2002–2012) was supplemented by hand searches of...
ACEsConnection members Dr. Robert Anda, Dr. Vincent Felitti, and Dr. Gary Giovino co-authored this 1999 paper. Abstract CONTEXT: In recent years, smoking among adolescents has increased and the decline of adult smoking has slowed to nearly a...
"Imagine suffering from a mental illness and waiting up to a decade to get a proper diagnosis, all the while taking the wrong medications. This is an unfortunate reality for some patients suffering from bipolar disorder (BD) and major depressive...
“The only girls that should ever be there are the ones at risk to public safety,” said Abby Anderson, the leader of the state’s Juvenile Justice Alliance. She observed that many of these children are foster children.... "...To say...
If anything is grieving you at all seriously (are you human) please read the “Grief Recovery Handbook” by John James and Russell Friedman - and do the process. It works. Grief Recovery Method.com posted this photo today: "Sadly, most of...
"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me," goes the playground rhyme that's supposed to help children endure taunts from classmates. But a new study suggests that there's more going on inside our brains when someone snubs us...
"In a recently published article in the Journal of Health Communication , Lincoln, Arford, Prener, Garverich, and Koenen (2013) highlight concerns about the use of potentially triggering language in existing and frequently used health literacy...
[MUST-LISTEN video of psychiatrist about how police escalated & killed man w/ PTSD. Much to learn from this story.] I said something to the effect that you dont want him backed into a corner where he does not feel he has any options. "If you push him into that situation, he will defend himself. I was fairly certain of that, Passey testified. "They discussed potential strategies to defuse the situation unfolding on the property where Matters lived with his mother near...
"A growing body of research shows that the need to connect socially with others is as basic as our need for food, water and shelter, writes UCLA professor Matthew Lieberman in his first book, "Social: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect," published...
"Three out of every four Australians will be exposed to a traumatic event in their lifetime, in the form of serious accidents or injuries, war, natural disasters or sexual and physical assault. For some, this will develop into ...
"The Law Commissioner for England and Wales will join a number of experts at Northumbria University, Newcastle next week to debate the ways in which the criminal justice system recognises mental disorders in defendants.... "The conference, jointly...
"Launched in 2013, the Trauma-Informed Legal Advocacy (TILA) Project will offer a framework and practical skills for doing trauma-informed legal advocacy with survivors of domestic violence involved in legal or other systems...." "To assist legal...
"Last month, due to a lack of funding, the juvenile lock-up where I taught a weekly “life skills” workshop was shuttered. According to my very rough calculation, in the year that I worked there I had about 400 young men of all races...
"In our practice, we see a late-life variant of PTSD. Although we have a few surviving World War II vets, most have fought in Korea, Vietnam and other conflicts.... "In dementia, the day-to-day is lost, but memories of times past float unbidden to the...
"The researchers believe that these findings have significant implications for the field of psychiatry. "Psychophysiologic reactivity to script-driven imagery is a potential experimental paradigm that could be used to index an individual's fear...