"Early Childhood Development – A Major Assessment Conducted Jointly by The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) and The Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS). It is now generally accepted that child, adolescent, and adult mental health, effective...
"Hidalgo Medical Services of Lordsburg was presented with a $25,000 donation from St. Joseph Community Health for implementation of the First Born Program in Hidalgo County....Promoting maternal health through good prenatal care can reduce the chances...
"GlaxoSmithKline has announced that the Institute for Safe Families ( www.instituteforsafefamilies.org ) of Philadelphia is a GlaxoSmithKline 16th Annual IMPACT Award recipient. The Philadelphia nonprofit will receive $40,000 for having a significant...
"The purpose of this exploratory study was to explore the multiple contexts of vulnerability, drug use and parenting for women in substance abuse treatment. Nineteen purposively sampled women provided qualitative data through semi-structured...
A nice collection of trauma-informed resources from Connecticut's Department of Children and Families. Includes links to Effective Interventions for Child Traumatic Stress. Note: not all hyperlinks work; please scroll down page to access desired...
"Parents who smack or shout at their children could be placing them at greater risk of developing cancer, heart disease and asthma. Psychologists from Plymouth University have published research in the prestigious Journal of Behavioral Medicine which...
ACEsConnection member Dr. Linda Chamberlain is featured in this article. "Dr. Linda Chamberlain, a national brain trauma expert who lives in Homer, gave a presentation Wednesday night at the invitation of MAPP of the Southern Kenai Peninsula. Before a...
"Latest research from the University of Otago, Christchurch (UOC) shows the Early Start home visiting programme halved rates of physical abuse against children and lowered non-accidental hospital visits by a third over a sustained period...." ...
"Legal responses to juvenile offending should be grounded in scientific knowledge about adolescent development and tailored to an individual offender's needs and social environment, says a new report from the National Research Council. Accountability...
Dr. Michael Chen's comments regarding implementing the ACE metrics and questionnaire into the NOSH Charting System: shihjay November 12, 2012 at 10:21 am Incorporating ACE metrics and a questionnaire to determine the ACE score is one of the future...
Might I rephrase the question slightly to ask `how could a Phd in Politics not be interested in the ACE Study?!' Since learning of this extraordinary ongoing work, it has informed not only my own work but my perception of the world. A...
"The federal Administration of Children and Families has awarded Washington a $639,000 grant to enhance mental health services for children in foster care. “The partnership between the Department of Social and Health ...
"The psychological scars of childhood abuse can last well into adulthood. New research from Concordia University shows the harm can have long-term negative physical effects, as well as emotional ones.... "The findings from this study indicate that the...
" Thirty Days With My Father " is a gritty memoir written by a woman haunted by what some psychologists describe as second-generation post-traumatic stress disorder . "The trauma began in Vietnam, affected Delmer and then Christal, says psychiatrist...
"New $3.9 million social services project to improve the well-being and safety of the youngest victims of substance abuse.... "The newly funded Penquis Regional Linking Project is a “community engaged” research project and one of the first...