Background Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), including child abuse and family dysfunction, are linked to leading causes of adult morbidity and mortality. Most prior ACE studies were based on a nonrepresentative patient sample from...
I knew the day would come, but I didn’t know how it would happen, where I would be, or how I would respond. It is the moment that every black parent fears: the day their child is called a nigger. My wife and I, both African Americans,...
But some norms are helpful to know, for reasons like not getting fired. In one 1985 study of Silicon Valley companies, gossip was shown to help recent hires adjust to their new jobs, by filling them in on things like office expectations and what they...
It’s Sunday afternoon, I have just a couple of hours to run errands and so many things I need to do. I could head to the farmer’s market for fresh produce and milk; go to the drugstore to pick up my mom’s prescription and...
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At the summit today, each participant attended a facilitated discussion about helping a virtual child they had been assigned. I tallied at least 9 ACEs for Evan, the 13-year-old our group discussed and then offered ways that the school, his teachers,...
All attendees of the California ACEs Summit this week were assigned a child to “follow” during the conference. We received updates about our child throughout the conference and, on the last day, met with other attendees to talk about what...
Fewer than 15 years ago, Connecticut’s network of contracted programs to rehabilitate juvenile offenders was in jeopardy. The programs were not producing good enough results to justify their cost. And yet, in the past five years, there has been...
Trauma is pervasive. We know that anyone can experience trauma, regardless of age, race, gender or socio-economic status. Over the past two to three decades we have learned a lot about trauma – its immediate and long-term impact but also...
In Californa, one in six people has confronted severe trauma as a child, according to a new study (PDF) released this week by Bay Area-based health research and advocacy groups Center for Youth Wellness and the Public Health Institute....
Milk is not just food. The more closely scientists examine it, the more complexity they find. Along with nutrients like protein and calcium, milk contains immune factors that protect infants from disease. It hosts a menagerie of microbes, too,...
Baptist News Global has published my commentary, "Responding with love to mental illness." This also links to a new issue of our publication, The Christian Citizen , focusing on "Communities of Care: The Church and Mental Illness." See: ...
Cities are increasingly getting tough on food distribution programs for the homeless. According to the Sun Sentinel, a 90-year-old activist and two pastors from two churches in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., were arrested at a park on Sunday and then...
Let’s start a book club! OK, I’m not Oprah but let me explain what book clubs have to do with juvenile justice reform. In just the last 15 years, the field of juvenile justice has exploded with knowledge gained through scientific...
While societal support of LGBTQ persons is growing, as demonstrated by rising acceptance of same-sex marriage, the fact remains that LGBTQ youth continue to be vulnerable to discrimination and hostility. In the recently released National School...