Carla Shatz: Shattering the Glass Ceiling
http://www.brainfacts.org/about-neuroscience/meet-the-researcher/articles/2012/carla-shatz/ First woman to receive a PH.D in Neurobiology and chair the Neurobiology Department at Harvard Medical School.
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Neuropeptide S receptor targeted in Alcoholism treatment
http://www.jneurosci.org/content/33/24/10132.abstract This article provides new therapeutic hope for people suffering from the disease of alcoholism. Alcoholism impacts families worldwide, the costs of treatment are overwhelming including the...
Sibling aggression, often dismissed, linked to poor mental health
"Fights between siblings – from toy-snatching to clandestine whacks to being banished from the bedroom – are so common they're often dismissed as simply part of growing up. Yet a new study from researchers at the University of New...
Traveling Theater Troupe Sparks Conservation About School Discipline
This article was written by ACEsConnection founder Jane Stevens. http://www.speakcityheights.org/2013/06/traveling-theater-troupe-sparks-conversations-about-school-discipline/ Short on time? Use our Category Search page.
Being overweight linked to excess stress hormones after eating
"The hormone cortisol is secreted by the adrenal gland in response to stressful situations, as well as after food consumption . Previous studies have demonstrated that overweight people secrete more of the hormone in response to stress, compared to...
Sociodemographic Correlates of Allostatic Load Among a National Sample of Adolescents: Findings From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999–2008 - abstract
Abstract Purpose There is growing evidence that racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic status ( SES ) differentials in health emerge early in life. This study provided a descriptive profile of allostatic load ( AL ) among adolescents, focusing on...
Canada joining global alliance against online child sex abuse: Nicholson
"Canada is joining a group fighting online child sexual abuse around the world, Justice Minister Rob Nicholson said Monday. The Global Alliance Against Child Sexual Abuse Online , which includes the United States, the European Union and...
Google builds system to identify child abuse images
"Google is developing a new system that it claims will make it easier to detect and remove online images of child abuse. "The search company has come under intense pressure from politicians - including the prime minister - to make it more...
Suicide risk for child abuse survivors - Australia
"NEW figures revealing the impact of child abuse show as many as one in ten survivors have contemplated or attempted suicide, amid demands for better support from health practitioners including GPs. "Analysis of more than 3500 calls over the past four...
Part III: Trauma Training Should Be Mandatory for Yoga Teachers
"Here is Part III, as promised, covering Steps 4-6: Language of Choice, Language of Fear, and Careful With That Agni Sara! ... "Here's an example that will blow your mind. The other day I was in a class comprised entirely of survivors of violent crime...
Childhood Trauma
"What we do not think about are the countless children who experience trauma just as harrowing but far too common to make headlines. Every day, children across the country face physical and sexual abuse, domestic violence, community violence, loss of...
Trauma in Civilian Clothes
"A front-page New York Times article a few years ago highlighted the growing number of veteran suicides, many resulting from post-traumatic stress disorder. Headlined "After Combat, Victims of an Inner War," the coverage included several video...
Resistance to harm reduction - Michigan
"The criticism of needle distribution in Thunder Bay is ongoing.... "I think the resistance to harm reduction runs deeper than a simple lack of understanding. Fear is part of it, but even more at play is the cultural myth perpetuated by our North...
Widening the Lens on Gender and Violence
"Peter Pollard, the Training and Outreach Director for 1in6, sends us a hopeful message for the future of male trauma informed awareness initiatives and response systems. "He reminds us where we were just a few years ago and how we have “widened...
Study finds babies witnessing violence show aggression later in school
"Aggression in school-age children may have its origins in children 3 years old and younger who witnessed violence between their mothers and partners, according to a new Case Western Reserve University study.... "Between three and 10 million children...