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" New guidelines by the World Health Organization show primary health care workers how to treat patients suffering from trauma and loss.  The guidelines, jointly published with the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees , also recommend advanced...

"CHILD protection bodies say a recently trialled system could help them better prevent and detect child abuse. "The so-called Common Approach aims to train teachers, doctors and families how best to identify the early signs of abuse and neglect. "The...

"A landmark report co-authored by researchers from the University's Brain and Mind Research Institute (BMRI) into mental health in Australia has found that despite 30 years of reform, people with a mental illness are still treated like second-class...

"Illinois has come a long way in reducing the population of children living away from their families in substitute care. From about 50,000 in the 1990s, the number is closer to 15,500 now, Durbin said. "The focus has been on moving kids back with...

“This legislation is about reporting, mandatory reporting to not just a supervisor but to either police or Childline regardless of whether you’re a school employee or not and regardless of what type of abuse you see,” Fontana said....

"A new report from the Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut suggests more could be done to link kids with mental health needs to available services and that schools could help make those connections.... "First, the good news:...

"Governor Quinn signs legislation to crack down on  domestic abuse. ... "And while more state laws are coming, state support is down. 'Remedies' is facing a one-percent state funding cut this year.... "Governor Quinn also signed House Bill...

Abstract Childhood stress has been associated with increased risk for later psychiatric disorders. One condition that is strongly associated with childhood stress is borderline personality disorder. Here I will present neuropsychological and imaging...

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"The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma is dedicated to informed, effective and ethical news reporting on violence, conflict and tragedy. We a dvocate ethical and thorough reporting of trauma; compassionate, professional treatment of victims and...

"Researchers have long suspected some kind of link between childhood abuse and smoking. But in an interesting twist, a new study from the University of Washington finds a connection not between whether or not abused children will ever begin smoking...