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By Lindsey Tanner, Photo: Getty Images, PBS News Hour, February 13, 2023 The pandemic took a harsh toll on U.S. teen girls’ mental health, with almost 60 percent reporting feelings of persistent sadness or hopelessness, according to a government survey released Monday that bolsters earlier data. Sexual violence, suicidal thoughts, suicidal behavior and other mental health woes affected many teens regardless of race or ethnicity, but girls and LGBTQ youth fared the worst on most measures,...

This month's CTIPP CAN call will help demystify meeting with your elected representatives and explain trauma-informed approaches to working with people with learning differences. Minnie Whalen from the Clallam Resilience Project of United Way of Clallam County will present her recent experience developing a relationship with her Congressman, Rep. Kilmer (D-WA), through a meeting with his staff. Minnie hopes to demystify the process of meeting with your representative. Steve Brown from the...

Note: Due to a weather emergency, our podcast hosts have postponed this week’s interview with Mary Giuliani until next Thursday, February 23 at 1 p.m. PT. We apologize for any inconvenience. "It's Not About Food, Drugs, or Alcohol: It's About Healing Complex PTSD", a new book by PACEs Connection member Mary Giuiliani, launches next week. For a preview of what the longtime student of ACEs science, now PACEs science, shares in her revealing “teaching memoir”, tune into our ‘History. Culture.

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on his economic agenda at a training center run by the Laborers' International Union of North America, February 8, 2023, in Deforest, Wisconsin. Photo: Morry Gash/AP Photo In the opening paragraphs of Tuesday night’s State of the Union address, President Biden declared , “I ran for president to fundamentally change things, to make sure the economy works for everyone so we can all feel pride in what we do. To build an economy from the bottom up and the...

By Tara L. Conley, Photo: Tara L. Conley, Bloomberg City Lab, February 10, 2023 Who is listening to Black women—our bodies and our families? This question brought me back home. I recently moved back to Ohio, a place characterized by Toni Morrison as neither plantation nor ghetto. I’m a comebacker trying to manage work-life balance in a post-2020 society. Ohio is not the place with cities that show up at the top of “ most livable ” lists; in fact, quite the opposite , particularly for Black...

By Meg Wingerter, The Denver Post, February 13, 2023 For most people, Valentine’s Day is either fun or, at worst, an annoyance. But for people recovering from trauma, it can be very difficult, a Colorado clinical psychologist said. Any holiday can be hard for people with post-traumatic stress disorder , because they may feel unable to connect with others after the traumatic event changed the way they see themselves and the world, said Dr. Abby Norouzinia, who practices at the University of...

By Ana B. Ibarra, Photo: Martin do Nascimento/CalMatters, CalMatters, February 10, 2023 Norma Johnson cracks a faint smile as she adjusts her stylish cat-eye glasses. She’s at St. Mary’s Center’s cafeteria in West Oakland, where older adults in interim housing or living on the streets can drop by for a free meal. But Johnson’s mind is elsewhere. Her treasured red leather rocking chair, along with most of her belongings, sits in a storage unit. She’s afraid if she doesn’t pay her $500 balance...

By Richard Luscombe, Photo: Mike Ellis/Lansing State Journal/Reuters, The Guardian, February 14, 2023 Michigan’s governor, Gretchen Whitmer, denounced the “uniquely American problem” of gun violence on Tuesday after a gunman murdered three students on Monday night in a mass shooting at Michigan State University . Whitmer spoke at an emotional morning press conference in East Lansing at which authorities identified the shooter, who died by suicide, and revealed other details about the attack...

From California Department of Health Care Services, February 13, 2023 Purpose: As part of the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI), the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) released a Request for Application (RFA) on February 9, 2023, seeking proposals for the second round of grant funding totaling $100,000,000. For the second round of EBP and CDEP grant funding, DHCS seeks proposals to scale trauma-informed care available to children, youth, parents and...

From Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, February 2023 Introduction & Purpose The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Culture of Health Prize (“the Prize”) honors the work of communities that foster health and wellbeing for all by addressing systemic inequities. In the 10 years since it launched, the Prize has recognized more than 50 communities across the country that are at the forefront of advancing health, opportunity, and equity for all. The Prize serves to inspire change and...

As children, we can face many negative situations and traumatic experiences, and if we don’t get the care that we need as youngsters, then it could be detrimental to our health as adults. That is why, as time goes on, we tend to hear more about children with ACEs (adverse childhood experiences) and the efforts that experts are suggesting to help kids learn resilience, get past their previous trauma, and grow up as healthy adults. Animal therapy, however, has risen as an effective method to...

[Editor's note: Dr. Harise Stein at Stanford University edits a web site — abuseresearch.info — that focuses on the effects of abuse, and includes research articles on PACEs. Every month, she posts the summaries of the abstracts and links to research articles that address only ACEs, PCEs and PACEs. Thank you, Harise!! — Rafael Maravilla] Child Abuse Shusterman GR, Fluke JD, Nunez JJ, Fettig NB, Kebede BK. Child maltreatment reporting during the initial weeks of COVID-19 in the US: Findings...