"A civil rights conference in Springfield explores the physical toll social injustice takes on its victims... " H ow do stress and trauma affect our physical health? Quite a lot, according to long-term research by the Centers for Disease Control and...
"Evidence continues to grow that trauma like abuse, neglect and witnessing violence at an early age rewires children’s brains and thus adversely affects their mental health going forward, helping to explain the “reactive aggression”...
"With recent incidents of domestic violence escalating and murder-suicide making local headlines, it raises questions. How do our court and mental health systems keep missing the very troubled?... "Why do we downplay violent behaviors in domestic...
"April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Learn more about preventing it in your community.... "Child Maltreatment (CM) is a significant public health problem in the United States. According to Child Protective Service agencies, more than...
"America is a country where all of us should be able to pursue our own measure of happiness and live free from fear. But for the millions of children who have experienced abuse or neglect, it is a promise that goes tragically unfulfilled. National...
"The Family Advocacy Center of Northern Minnesota is a serene environment in which children are examined and interviewed following instances of maltreatment and abuse. We talk with the executive director to get an idea of what the center does, and how...
"Child sex trafficking is something we normally think of happening in other countries, not here in our own backyard. But it is a problem here. Patty Fleischmann, president of the newly-formed nonprofit StolenYouth, explains the danger that exists for...
"Matthew Sheard’s distinguished family lineage flows from an early Toronto mayor to one of the city’s first medical officers of health to contemporaries who include a respected physician brother and a cousin who sat on the bench of...
"The Texas Department of Family Protective Services launched a website to help adults learn more about child abuse and neglect and what they can do to get help if these cases occur. The website, www.helpandhope.org , aims to get help...
"Sinatra center helping more children find freedom from the cycle of harm.... "The center, a nonprofit that provides counseling for victims of child abuse of every type, was founded by Barbara Sinatra more than 25 years ago. Since then, it has seen...
"Parent behavior training is an effective and well-studied intervention for preschoolers at risk of developing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a new review shows...."...
"A $400,000 grant awarded last year allowed the non-profit to develop The Healing Path to give children and their parents the tools they need to cope with current and past traumas. OHU just started to put the organization’s first-of-its-kind...
"He is seeking a fresh review of the cases by an expert who wants to help change the way America’s child-welfare systems evaluate and treat traumatized children. Dr. Bruce Perry said current approaches often fail because they don’t...
"Nevertheless, there are steps society can take to help the victims of domestic violence. One bill being considered by the General Assembly this year, sponsored by Washington County Republican Sen. Christopher B. Shank, would allow judges to issue...
"The 2011 Legislature requested an interim study of ways to reduce childhood trauma and its long-term effect on children. The report emphasizes research that the human brain, which grows to 85 percent of its adult size by the time a...