Amid theories on resilience, one is constant. To become resilient, children need someone who believed in them consistently. It doesn’t have to be a relative — a teacher, even a friend’s parent can make a difference. But the child...
At the “pregnancy tank” at the Harris County Jail, asking a female inmate “How much longer do you have?” can get a puzzled look in response. She could answer with a due date or an anticipated date of discharge from jail. The...
This article is an incredible description of the foster system from survivor Tomas Rios. It appeared in Pacific Standard. It is well worth a read. Here's the beginning: New York City child-welfare system for some extra college money I...
"One of the best safeguards against your children becoming overweight as adults is how involved you are with their lives," says Cornell's Brian Wansink, professor in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and a leader of the...
Date: February 13, 2014 Source: Stanford University Fifty years of research has revealed the sad truth that the children of lower-income, less-educated parents typically enter school with poorer language skills than their more privileged counterparts....
Dealing with the aftermath of a suicide or attempted suicide is stressful enough. But some health plans make a harrowing experience worse by refusing to cover medical costs for injuries that are related to suicide, even though the federal health law...
The study led by Dr Nicholas Walsh, lecturer in developmental psychology at the University of East Anglia (UEA), used brain imaging technology to scan teenagers aged 17-19. It found that those who experienced mild to moderate family difficulties...
Did you know that 90 percent of people served by public behavioral health systems have experienced trauma? People with mental illnesses and addictions whose trauma goes unaddressed have poor health outcomes, including exacerbated mental health...
Nowhere does this say it's trauma-informed or resilience-building care, but in this experiment, when babies "sucked correctly on their pacifier, a special device with sensors and speakers, they were rewarded by hearing their mother singing a lullaby....
New American Media health reporter Viji Sundaram wrote this story; Jacob Simas did the video of Sam Charles. "At least now I know what I'm fighting, it's called depression," said Sam Charles, 23, about the last six months of counseling he's received...
Can this possibly be right? A couple of weeks ago, I listened to one of the trauma 'greats' Dr. Bessel van der Kolk. He was humane and wise, and had us all enthralled for 7 hours straight. But in the middle of the flow of information that now occupies...
Dear Survivor, “Because then I knew it was over.” That’s what most strive to feel about the lingering effects of childhood abuse, although not about the actual events. Those are long gone, and often dissociated from awareness....
The sensational claims were made by Ian Elliott, who authored several high-profile reports on the handling of allegations of child sexual abuse in various dioceses. He told the Sunday Independent that the work of the National Board for Safeguarding...
In 2006, there were 399 partner/family member assaults reported to law enforcement in Missoula County. Six years later, there were 525. And domestic violence-related crime has nearly doubled in that time. In 2006, officers responded to 485 reports of...
Business bestseller lists are heavy with tales of inspirational leadership but a group of academics is gleaning lessons for management from the "dark side" by studying the methods of Pol Pot, the dictator responsible for the "killing fields" of...