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By Karen Johnson and Kelly Martin, Social Current, May 2, 2023 A mid our day-to-day work to partner with families and children, especially during an ongoing pandemic, it often is challenging to stay apprised of and incorporate the advancing knowledge, research, and evidence around brain science. However, brain science holds great promise in helping us to increase equity, support all families, and strengthen our workforce. The science is clear—adversity and toxic stress can change the brain’s...

By Laura Gallant, 5/11/23, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ May is Children’s Mental Health Awareness Month, and the HOPE framework is one of many ways to amplify the importance of lifelong mental health. The HOPE National Resource Center continues to share the HOPE framework around the country and globe to promote positive childhood experiences, which lead to improved mental health for all children. The HOPE framework works to identify family strengths and sources of positive...

Photograph: Noah Berger/AP © Provided by The Guardian To read more of Maanvi Singh's article, please click here. In early January, the small Central Valley community of Planada was one of the first towns engulfed by a wave of back-to-back storms that hit California this winter. Amid relentless rains, a creek that runs past the town broke through an ageing levee. Flood waters swamped the town and surrounding agricultural fields. About half the homes were damaged, and many remain in various...

By Helen Lewis, Photo: Eric Audras/Getty, The Atlantic, May 4, 2023 Sunny Bryant is only 9 years old—but already an old hand at testifying before lawmakers. The youngster from Houston was 4 when she first asked her mother, “Why did you make me a boy? I wanted to be a girl,” as she was being strapped into a car seat. Since then, Sunny and her mother have spoken at the Texas legislature at least five times, entering the political spotlight amid a nationwide surge in attempts to ban child...

By Laura Morton and Michelle Baker, Photo: muratdeniz/Getty Images, HR DIVE, May 2, 2023 Today’s teens face unprecedented challenges and change — a mix of residual grief and trauma from the pandemic, school shootings, hate speech, economic worries and more. It’s no secret that our young people are experiencing a mental health crisis. A recent survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 1 in 3 high school girls considered suicide in 2021. The same study found that...

By Sophie Austin, Photo: Sophie Austin/AP News, Associated Press, May 6, 2023 California’s reparations task force voted Saturday to approve recommendations on how the state may compensate and apologize to Black residents for generations of harm caused by discriminatory policies. The nine-member committee, which first convened nearly two years ago , gave final approval at a meeting in Oakland to a hefty list of proposals that now go to state lawmakers to consider for reparations legislation.

By Kimmy Yam, Image: Justine Goode/NBC News/Getty Images, NBC News, May 5, 2023 Twice a week, dozens of mostly Chinese immigrant older communities head to a tai chi class in South Brooklyn, New York, so they can flow along to the art form’s steady movements while dedicating a deep focus to every breath, every muscle. Tai chi classes may not match the quintessential image of mental health treatment, but behind the soft background music and fluid motion are moments for participants to quell...

By Hub Staff, Photo: Avi Gerver Photography/Johns Hopkins University, The Hub, May 3, 2023 Students from three Baltimore high schools recently spent a day developing and presenting ideas for how communities in cities such as Baltimore can become more resilient against the effects of climate change and how city residents can better cope with heat stress and other climate-related health threats. The day-long HackGood4 Baltimore hackathon, developed by the Johns Hopkins Office of Economic...

Recently Brickel and Associates’ owner and clinical director, Robyn Brickel, MA, LMFT sat down with Pain 2 Possibilities as a speaker for their The Willow Tree Chronic Pain & Trauma Online Summit. During this conversation Robyn Brickel discusses EMDR and goes into detail about trauma-informed care. Watch the full interview below.

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Recently Brickel and Associates owner and clinical director, Robyn Brickel, MA, LMFT joined Dr. Natasha Beauvais and Dr. Cecily Havert on episode five of the Living Breathing Medicine podcast. During their discussion, they shared important topics such as trauma-informed care, a “bottom-up” approach to treating trauma, and the mind-body connection. Discover more about their insightful conversation on the importance of creating a safe environment for quality care in mental and physical health.

Each year millions of Americans face the reality of living with mental health struggles. The collective trauma of COVID-19 has exasperated our country’s mental health crisis. May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Co-hosts Ingrid Cockhren, CEO of PACEs Connection, and Mathew Portell, director of outreach and education, spoke with Robert Sege, MD, Ph.D. and professor of pediatrics and medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, to launch a focus on mental health during Mental Health...