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Chris Engel

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Helping Kevin Recover From Trauma

"It's well known that trauma can have a lasting effect on children, especially when it happens in the earliest years.... "That's where Trauma Systems Therapy (TST) comes in. Trauma Systems Therapy recognizes that traumatized kids who act out aren't...

The V.A. and Sexual Trauma

"An editorial in [Nov17th’s] Times cites disheartening discrepancies in how the Veterans Affairs Department handles disability claims involving post-traumatic stress disorder. According to a report released this month by advocates for women and men who were sexually harassed and attacked while serving in uniform, survivors of sexual trauma are far less likely than other veterans to have their disability benefits approved. "The report found double-digit gaps between the approval rates...

PTSD often an unrecognized health issue - Canada

"It’s not just veterans that are dealing with OSI’s [Occupational Stress Injuries]. Childhood trauma, even trauma of the mother during pregnancy, can affect a child’s development. With family violence, poverty, parental addiction, and increasing isolationism, many children are affected and experience interrupted development and an ever compounding backlash of mental, emotional, spiritual, physical, social and economic deficits as they age. "The solutions are not easy, but...

PTSD raises risk for obesity in women

"Women with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) gain weight more rapidly and are more likely to be overweight or obese than women without the disorder, find researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and Harvard School of...

Voice and Visibility for Disconnected Girls

"On November 15 th , The National Crittenton Foundation, Georgetown Law Center on Poverty, Inequality & Public Policy, and Human Rights Project for Girls hosted a Trauma-Informed Policy and Practice for Disconnected Girls forum at Georgetown University Law Center. This event launched a new policy series entitled Voices and Visibility for Disconnected Girls: Responding to Trauma. The goal of this new series is to explore the importance of trauma-informed approaches to girls in school, the...

Mental Health related to Trauma

"Detailed information is kept on the  Trauma and Dissociation Wiki  . This project is based on the best academic sources available today. Updates to the wiki, relevant quotes, images and information are posted on the projects ...

Sex Trafficking

"The sex trafficking of minors -- forcing young children to have sex for money  -- is a huge, violent business around the world. Here in Los Angeles County  alone, the number of pre-teens and teens forced into prostitution is in the ...

Contextualizing Domestic Violence

"October was National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and as we carry on with holiday preparations, it might be easy to forget that intimate partner violence happens 24/7... every day of the year.  It is also important to remember that...

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