"For this reason, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives recently adopted a resolution I introduced, HR 191, which declares youth violence as a public-health epidemic and calls for the establishment of statewide trauma-informed education to help treat our Pennsylvania children who suffer from PTSD or other, related disorders.
"HR 191 was adopted by the House by a 187-9 margin and is another victory in what has been a long battle to establish new ways of viewing the causes of youth violence....
"Viewing youth violence from a public-health perspective allows trained professionals to treat the root causes of the violence â traumas â rather than simply punishing the violent acts that stem from them....
"I believe this is the model that will finally bring about a breakthrough in the age-old struggle to find solutions and corrective remedies for the youth violence epidemic, and this will undoubtedly help to keep our young people on the right track."
http://www.phillyrecord.com/2013/05/another-opinion-youth-violence-leaves-ptsd-in-its-wake/
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