When the RYSE Center opened its doors in 2008 in Richmond, CA, says Kanwarpal Dhaliwal , community health director and a RYSE co-founder (and ACEsConnection member), staff members didn’t talk about complex trauma per se, but they...
The science of DNA revolutionized the understanding of crime and wrongful convictions. Now, to deal with the contagion of violence in cities and to build stronger relationships and trust between police and the people they serve, the training of...
Aerobic exercise might boost memory and thinking skills in people with schizophrenia, a small study finds. The research included 33 schizophrenia patients who were randomly assigned to receive one of two treatments. One group was given standard...
It is notoriously difficult for social scientists to study people who have recently left prison. They move often, don’t have stable phone numbers, rarely hold steady jobs, and often end up back behind bars. Large surveys like the U.S. census are...
The boy loved to walk in the woods. He savored the gurgle of the creek as the water tumbled over the rocks, the sweet melody of birdsong, the wind rustling the leaves in the trees that soared high overhead. It seems a faraway place to him now...
Do Alcoholics Anonymous participants do better at abstinence than nonparticipants because they are more motivated? Or is it because of something inherent in the A.A. program? How researchers answered these questions in a recent study offers...
How is it that a delightful child can turn overnight into a sullen, explosive, risk-taking adolescent? Jensen, a neurologist and mother of two sons, and Nutt, a Washington Post science writer, explore the biology of the teenage brain, in an...
“How are you feeling?” Those are the four deceptively simple words with which my colleagues and I regularly begin our meetings and our training sessions at other organizations. People ask the question to each other, one at a time....
When Tara Reilly was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at age 22, she didn’t think anyone else could relate. But last year, an online search brought Reilly, now 25, to a local chapter of a peer support group sponsored by the...
Equips providers with information and strategies for use in working with mothers who may be depressed. Includes facts about depression; screening tools for more serious depression; and referrals, resources, and handouts for mothers who are...
To borrow a catchphrase from Chazz Michael Michaels (actor Will Ferrell's egomaniac, substance-abusing, figure skating character), the increasing number of kids on psychiatric drug prescriptions is "Mind-Bottling", literally. "You know,...
Because April is National Child Abuse Prevention month, I thought I’d tell you a little about the work I do with Darkness to Light . Darkness to Light Stewards of Children is an organization dedicated to empowering people to...
ANNOUNCING: Call for Abstracts for Presentations & Posters at the Adverse Childhood Experiences Southeastern Summit 2015: Building Resilient, Interdisciplinary Workforces, Communities & Families on September 24-26th in Asheville, NC. Summit details and instructions on abstract submission : https://sys.mahec.net/ce/aces.aspx . Join keynotes Dr. Robert Anda who will present on where we are and where were going related to ACEs in the US and around...
Dr. Daniel J. Siegel is giving a webinar (live internet seminar) this Weds April 8 at 5 pm Eastern Time, repeated at 6:30 pm Eastern, to kick off NICABM’s invaluable 2015 "New Brain Series" of weekly webinars. Sign up to watch free...
The Department of Agriculture has come to the shocking conclusion that poor people should be able to eat healthy food. Today, the USDA announced that it’s awarding $31 million in grants to various programs, all aimed at different ways of...