" Groups that demand obedience and conformity produce fear, not love and growth. ... "Religious trauma syndrome (RTS) is a set of symptoms and characteristics that tend to go together and which are related to harmful experiences with religion. They...
"Penn State’s professional program designed to help individuals recognize and report suspected child abuse is now available online for University employees. "Approximately 3,500 employees have completed the “Reporting Child Abuse”...
Abstract : Adverse experiences during childhood have a profound effect on adult health. Worldwide, there is growing interest in understanding the influence of early adversity on development of physical and mental disorders across the life course....
"Shari Duval, president of K9s for Warriors , a non-profit located in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., says she has a drug free alternative for vets with PTSD: service dogs that help veterans overcome fear, stress and anxiety. "Duval is well aware of the...
"In a sense, River is instinctively doing for himself what art therapists do for trauma survivors. “You don’t have to strain to say the right thing; the medium can speak for you and act as a support for your experience,” writes...
Is domestic violence expert swaying Arias jury? (2 min video), Mar. 26th http://www.hlntv.com/video/2013/03/26/jodi-arias-domestic-violence-expert-swaying-jury Jodi Arias' Domestic Violence Expert Tells Jury About Abuse, Mar. 26th "The Arias...
"Money will go to expanding program that identifies high-risk victims... "The Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence will receive a $1 million Department of Justice grant to expand a program that identifies women who are at high risk of domestic...
"BRCC lecture explores mindset of abused partner... "Housden, a facilitator with the Batterers Intervention Program serving a region that includes Rockingham County and Harrisonburg, shared the early 1980s tragedy to illustrate how women who try...
Two kindergarteners at Cherokee Point Elementary School in San Diego's City Heights neighborhood get into a fight on the playground. Their teacher sends them to the principal's office. Instead of suspending or expelling the six-year-olds, as...
Staff morale has gone up dramatically at the new type of shelters, says Hobart. Community involvement has also increased, with volunteers coming in to offer services such as financial counseling. But most important has been the change in the way the...
"Offering child abuse victims a forum to relive their experiences without any chance of justice or compensation is "immoral" and may cause further emotional damage, victims told the Health and Sport Committee on 26 March 2013. MSPs were taking...
"You can’t walk 1,500 miles without being noticed or someone asking “Why?” "For Lauren Book, it’s very clear why: Book was sexually abused by her female nanny from the age of eleven to sixteen. "Book is walking from Key West to...
"Five year-olds who watch TV for three or more hours a day are increasingly likely to develop antisocial behaviours, such as fighting or stealing by the age of seven, indicates research published online in Archives of Disease in Childhood...."...
"I've often said that community equals immunity, because our sense of safety, security, and belonging is quite literally wired in by how many people and places welcome us and make us feel like we belong. This is one of the main...
"Here’s a problem that can happen in any neighborhood: a kid seems to be pretty much on his own. He hangs around your house a lot, seems unkempt and under-nourished. Maybe he doesn’t seem to have a curfew and no one appears to be looking...