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++ This is a post I wrote this morning about the interplay between empathy, imagination, imaginative "pretend play" and denial. What do we know? What are we ready (able) to know? What might link the California summer weather...
Daivion Davis, 21, was convicted of second-degree attempted murder and voluntary manslaughter in 2009 after he opened fire in a gang shooting that killed a 16-year-old honors student attending the homecoming football game at Wilson High...
In December 2014, the Achieving Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act was signed into law. The law allows those living with disabilities, developed before the age of 26 (including serious mental health conditions), and their families to set up a...
As presidential candidates visit the early caucus and primary states of Iowa and New Hampshire, they're hearing about heroin and meth. Drug overdoses now kill more Americans than traffic accidents. And, in many places, there's a growing...
The urban poor in the United States are experiencing accelerated aging at the cellular level, and chronic stress linked both to income level and racial-ethnic identity is driving this physiological deterioration. These are among the...
By Andrea Blanch, PhD, Carol Boyer, MA, Mary Blake, CRE While the term “trauma-informed” is relatively new, the concept shares historical roots with ISTSS. As described in detail by Sandy Bloom, ISTSS grew out of a broad social...
The American Psychiatric Association has published Mental Health: A Guide for Faith Leaders and Quick Reference Guide on Mental Health for Faith Leaders. These resources have been developed through the Mental Health and Faith...
At Partner for Healing ( www.partnerforhealing.org ) we have just finished a month about Sustaining Trauma Informed Care. It is amazing that you can do a lot of training and work to implement trauma-informed care, and then all of...
We've all had the experience of a dark moment in our lives. Times where the sun didn't shine, the rain fell in sheets along with our tears, and we wondered how we could possibly bounce back from it all. Yet, we do bounce back and move on --...
"I believe that you believe something happened to you." The young woman repeated the detective's statement to me again. It had been the detective's response to her question of whether he believed her account of the brutal sexual assault she had...
There are many misconceptions when it comes to suicide. People believe that it is selfish, egotistical, and even immoral. To stipulate, I am speaking of suicide in the context of mental illness. I am not speaking about assisted suicide in the...
It's hard to be a parent. Especially if you never had proper training. People who are considered "bad parents" may not be "bad"... just unskilled.. Organizers of infant and toddler parenting classes in Sacramento County hope...
At Lincoln High School in Walla Walla, in the past, a student’s profanity-laden outburst might have been grounds for suspension. Now, it’s met by kindness — and maybe an in-school suspension — by teachers who take a deep...
Yes, the American economy is improving , and yes, we’re creating more jobs . But the hourly wages for a lot of these jobs are stagnant at best . According to the Pew Research Center , 30 percent of...