Women who have been through a traumatic event or developed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) face an increased risk of heart attack or stroke, a new large study suggests. For women with severe PTSD, the study found a 60 percent higher risk...
A combination of life experiences led Steven Eickelberg to become a physician and an addiction psychiatrist. He knew he wanted to be a doctor by the time he reached junior high, he says: He enjoyed science, his mother was a nurse, and a family...
The homeless high school dropout now in juvenile detention started out as someone’s baby. That truth, obvious though it may be, has become a virtual mantra to leaders in Washington State these days. And for good reason. The combined costs...
In facilitating the business of healthcare, I see many good things happening. The Oregon CCO experiment is on the right path. Electronic Health Records now provide critical infrastructure and we are starting to see new payment models. Universal...
Barely a year after the death of Amy Winehouse , the hard-living retro soul star turned tabloid obsession who died in 2011 after a public fight with addiction, the singer’s family and record label decided it was time to make a...
W hen Misty Upham was 12, she announced herself to a Seattle classroom of aspiring performers. “My name is Misty Upham, and someday you will know that name as the best living Native American actress.” Years later and against all...
Pictured: Joe Foderaro , LCSW, BCD, program director and co-founder of The Sanctuary Programs from 1980-2001. From Ann Jennings, PhD, executive director of The Anna Institute : I believe the source for this now widely used way of...
At Partner for Healing June has been Team month. We started out with Seven Ideal Characteristics of a Trauma-Informed Milieu Team , which included a rating sheet for your team. Next we...
Legislatures and courts across the country have put reforms in place to address the service-related trauma underlying patterns of veterans engaging in criminal activity and violence. This comes as the link between substance abuse and violence,...
Jennifer Nugent and her three kids are throwing a big, blue ball around in the small living room of their rental home. The kids are happy, but Nugent isn't. She planned to raise them in a place with much more room to play. And she was. That is,...
First rule of Brinton Elementary School run club: Keep those legs moving. Second rule of run club: Have fun. For 13-year-old Kaprice Faraci and her sister, Kassidy, inspiration to keep moving struck one after school afternoon in the...
It's T minus four days until exam day, and Travis Driscoll is practically living at his desk. "Each day, I'm easily here for five hours," he says. "I haven't done much of anything else but studying for the last two months." Driscoll is one of...
What a series of days in American life, full of savage mayhem, uncommon forgiveness, resistance to forgiveness, furious debate, mourning, and, finally, justice and grace. As President Obama led thousands of mourners in Charleston,...
A new play opening this weekend got its start at Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles. Strindberg Laboratory's adaptation of Aristophanes' satire "The Birds" features a cast of nonprofessional actors, most of whom come from the shelters...
One of the biggest challenges for adolescent girls is developing an effective sense of self amid the sexualizing gaze of popular culture, their peers, and society at large. There is now evidence that the everyday process of contending with, and...