"An East Texas nonprofit agency is rolling out an advertising campaign designed to help raise awareness of child abuse. "The “No Excuse for Child Abuse” ads for The Martin House Children’s Advocacy Center will soon be showing up on...
"A $9 million federal grant has been awarded to West Virginia to expand services to programs for mental health services and substance abuse programs. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin said there are more than 152,000 West Virginians who will benefit from the...
"Brad Buck, director of the Iowa Department of Education, has named 23 Iowans to serve on a state task force to develop suicide prevention and trauma-informed care training requirements for Iowans who are licensed by the Iowa Board of Educational...
"The study is called the Listen-up! project because we know that many young people who self-harm do not feel listened to. This is why our advisory group will be made up of young people who have experience of self-harm and being in care. We want to...
"In the area or school reform, the mental health of students has been ignored too, despite the irrefutable fact that sick kids have a hard, if not impossible, time learning in class. But the consequences of failing to address mental health issues in...
Paul Tough in his book How Children Succeed mentions that both John and Robert Kennedy attended Riverdale Country School in the Bronx as he introduces the reader to the character initiative of the Riverdale’s headmaster Dominic...
“There’s no shame when any other organ in your body fails – so why do we feel shame if our brain is broken?” This was one of today's tweets by Pastor Rick Warren at #WarrensOnCNN. He is so correct. Emotional pain +...
AAE - adverse adult experiences AAI - adult attachment interview AAP - American Academy of Pediatrics ACA - Affordable Care Act (USA) ACC - adverse childhood circumstances (Sweden) ACE - adverse childhood experiences ACF - Administration for...
"The analysis shows that in 2007, in Cardiff, where this collaborative approach was pioneered, the scheme lopped off almost £7 million from health, societal, and criminal justice costs caused by violence. "The estimated individual and societal...
"Too often a lack of self-confidence or self-discipline get the blame but, according to Yvonne Bezerra de Mello at the Uere Project in Rio de Janeiro, the real reasons are more complex. Trauma and violence in early life create specific learning...
"The perpetual return of emotional trauma is ensured by the finiteness of our existence and the finiteness of all those whom we love. Trauma looms for all of us as an ever-present possibility. I have long contended that such trauma can be enduringly...
"A new study reports that countries with lower gun ownership are safer than those with higher gun ownership, debunking the widely quoted hypothesis that guns make a nation safer. Researchers evaluated the possible associations between gun ownership...
Abstract Overview: There are currently 22.5 million living U.S. military veterans, and this number is expected to increase dramatically as military personnel return from Iraq and Afghanistan. Although honorably discharged veterans may qualify for...
Added to the Social Services section of our Resource Center. Under the Microscope: Peer Support - A Valued Part of Recovery, Wellness, and Health Reform - Peer support has been determined to be an evidence-based practice based on its...