"The Epworth Children’s Home in Columbia, SC, has housed at-risk youth since 1895.... The solution came in 2006, when Porter heard Cornell University’s Martha Holden introduce a new model of youth work called Children and Residential...
"Back in the 1980s, the unity of the mind and body was barely recognized. Now it’s a given. There is seamless web between our thoughts, emotions, beliefs, and physical wellbeing. Every thought we think becomes a physical reality in our bodies....
"Establishes a pilot project for placement of inmates close to home; provides that such project would house inmates who are parents of minor children in the correctional facility located in closest proximity to the primary place of residence of any...
"Family members may play a unique and influential role in buffering Mexican youth against the negative effects of stress as they transition into adulthood, suggests a new study by an interdisciplinary group of researchers at universities in Mexico and...
Students on morning of shooting in Newtown, CT. Newtown Bee photo. ________________________ Nearly a month has passed since the tragic school massacre in Newtown, CT. Most of the response has focused on controlling sales of assault weapons. This is a...
"In attempting to explain why Americans are so unhealthy, the researchers looked at three categories: the nation's health care system, harmful behaviors and social and economic conditions. Researchers noted that the U.S. has a large uninsured...
"Harvard researchers report that they found that about 1 in every 8 U.S. teens (12.1 percent) thought about suicide, and nearly 1 in every 20 (4 percent) either made plans to kill themselves or actually attempted suicide. Most of these teens (80...
Hi All, I'm finally going to take a few minutes to post a short summary of my research (dissertation) with you and share some exciting news! I am honored to report that my manuscript titled Adverse childhood experiences and psychosocial...
"Description:The Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services, Paths to Recovery (P2R) program has been selected for a SAMHSA Grantee Spotlight for January 2013. P2R serves what many would consider to be the most difficult to serve clientele, using...
"Jackie Smith Duggan, a United Way intern in 2012, and Eugenia Vavra, United Way’s Health Manager, talk about Adverse Childhood Experiences and how these impact the community. “ACEs cover all of our United Way areas of work. It’s...
SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND The U.S. witnessed an alarming string of multiple mass shootings in 2012. Among the deadliest in the country's history was the recent rampage in an elementary school in Newtown, CT, where a gunman killed more than two dozen...
"A new UB study has shown that verbal aggression may have biological causes that can be identified by the ratio of length of a person's ring finger and the length of the index finger. Research on the communication trait of verbal aggressiveness, which...
Abstract "The present study examines the association of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) to suicidal behavior and mortality in 508 Finnish adolescents (aged 12-17 years) who required acute psychiatric hospitalization between April 2001 and March...
Abstract "American Indian and Alaska Native (Native) people experience more traumatic events and are at higher risk for developing posttraumatic stress disorder compared with the general population. We conducted in-depth interviews with six Native...
"I just finished a book called, How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character by Paul Tough. At the same time I have been familiarizing myself with a study called, “Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE): Relationship of...