Can changing our youth substance abuse prevention messages to include secondhand drinking, brain health and brain development science - especially that which occurs with the onset of puberty - help youth counter ACEs and/or embrace their decision to...
"Today, I'm pleased to announce a critical step forward. The Department of Health and Human Services is issuing critical new guidance to improve the wellbeing of children and families who have experienced trauma. Based on new research, it...
"Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) may be a more efficacious treatment for patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) than antidepressant medication, new research suggests...."...
"The friendly environment at Stuart House in Santa Monica puts the children at ease as professionals work to help them and build a legal case against their abusers.... "The mission at Stuart House is to fight for child victims — and make them...
"Researchers at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) have demonstrated that exposure to childhood trauma (physical assault and bullying) is linked to psychotic experiences, (such as hearing voices), and in turn the cessation of traumatic...
"The law is clear when it comes to professionals who are mandated to report concerns, but for average citizens the answer is far more difficult and a lot more personal.... "Bitler describes a typical situation. You’re waiting in a...
"The Yolo County Children's Alliance announced that its Step by Step/Paso a Paso Program is now fully accredited by, and affiliated with, the Healthy Families America Home Visiting Program.... "By affiliating with the national program, the Children's...
"People who experience parental divorce during childhood have higher levels of an inflammatory marker in the blood which is known to predict future health, according to new research from UCL. "The study, published in Psychoneuroendocrinology, found...
"The United States is falling behind its economic peers in most measures of health, despite making gains in the past two decades, according to a sweeping study of data from 34 countries. "Although Americans are living longer, with...
"Sights, sounds and smells help veterans suffering PTSD emerse themselves in the exposure treatment as a way to heal. Its all part of a research program offered free to veterans and active duty personnel. ...
"The Aurora Strong Community Resilience Center offers one-on-one and group counseling, wellness classes, art and music classes and faith-based discussions. All the services are free, said Grace Zolnosky, the center director. “Resilience is...
Abstract Early life stress (ELS), an important risk factor for psychopathology in mental disorders, is associated neuronally with decreased functional connectivity within the default mode network (DMN) in the resting state. Moreover, it is linked with...
Abstract School professionals have a unique vantage point for identifying child maltreatment and they are a frequent source of referral to child protective services. Disturbingly, past studies have found that maltreatment concerns reported by...
"...If we believe that emotional crises and dis-ease are problems that exist between people, in our sticky or not-so-sticky web of relationships, then whether families, survivors and those in crisis can heal together is a much more relevant, if still...