"In the spirit of Thanksgiving, among the wonderful gifts of the job I hold is the joy and insight of conversation. I know, this doesn’t sound terribly exciting. But a private foundation is really about the business of ideas, and for...
Author: Kathy G. Slaughter, LCSW "Childhood pain, or adverse childhood experiences, has a serious effect on the rest of our lives. You might assume the effect is only on our feelings or thoughts. New research, funded by the Center for Disease Control...
"Many of Colorado 's child abuse workers are inexperienced and overwhelmed, and at times fail to take basic steps to protect children: interviewing parents, properly assessing a dangerous home or checking a child's body for obvious signs of abuse, a...
"Earlier this year, we read Marino’s article called “Yoga for Youth in Trauma Recovery” (PDF, 391KB). In it, she reviews the literature on how yoga affects youth with histories of trauma. We know many youth-serving programs use a...
"This study aimed to investigate a specific relationship between nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) and a variety of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) over and above childhood abuse and their impact on frequency, severity, and functions of NSSI. A...
"In a recent article on preschool education, the periodical the Economist contended that poverty is the biggest factor in health, cognitive and developmental disparities in young children. This view is widely held. When it comes to teenagers, another...
"Health professionals agree that obesity is a growing epidemic affecting Long Beach residents and our nation as a whole, a situation that has shown to not only impact physical wellbeing but also mental health....“Low-income people have a higher...
"If we grow up with toxic stress in childhood, does it change us? Does growing up with parental addiction, abuse or neglect affect out physical, mental and emotional health? Are we making it up? Researchers tells an interesting story...."...
Among the hundreds, probably thousands, of activities taking place around ACE- and trauma-informed practices today is a small, but notable conference in Minneapolis -- "Exploring Community-Based Prevention & Intervention Strategies: A Dialogue for African American and Native American Communities." Particularly interesting is one of the breakout sessions: "What happens in a trauma-informed encounter? - The story of a chance patient/physician encounter that changed both of their lives."...
Full text article. "Context: Few population-based studies have examined the relationship between psychiatric and somatic or biomedical disorders. Objective: We examined the effect of the presence or absence of any psychiatric disorder on somatic or...
"Background: Adverse life events have been associated with gambling and substance use as they can serve as forms of escapism. Involvement in gambling and substance use can also place individuals in adversely stressful situations. Objectives: To...
"Young children who attend daycare on a regular basis are 50% more likely to be overweight compared to those who stayed at home with their parents, according to a study by researchers at the University of Montreal and the CHU Sainte-Justine Hospital...
"Untreated depression is one of the leading causes of teen suicide, and signs of depression can also be a warning that a teen is contemplating suicide. In an article published this week in the quarterly journal, The Prevention Researcher, University...
"I walked into the intermediate care unit for the first time, a second-year student entering a ward filled with patients suffering from severe disease and debilitation. Most suffered from a panoply of illnesses obscuring any single impending cause of...