"A catastrophe on the scale of the Philippines typhoon focuses critical attention on the susceptibility of poor and vulnerable populations to natural disasters. Yet, it is no less important to remember that poor and vulnerable populations,...
"It is widely known that deployment is stressful for military families, including their children. A new study in the Journal of Adolescent Health finds that teens from military families are more likely to feel sad or hopeless, have thoughts about...
"Women with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) gain weight more rapidly and are more likely to be overweight or obese than women without the disorder, find researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and Harvard School of...
"A local drug treatment center is doing its part to get homeless families off the streets. "The Bossier Treatment Center's Family Success Institute helps mothers stay off drugs, while still caring for their children. "It's unique because it's one of...
"Renowned filmmaker and psychologist Jan Haaken spoke about her feature-length documentary, “Mind Zone: Therapists Behind the Front Lines,” and its discussion of post-traumatic stress disorder and other psychological challenges faced by...
"Google is targeting 100,000 terms associated with online child sexual abuse in a move hailed by David Cameron, who will announce a series of measures to tackle the problem at a cyber-summit in Downing Street. The prime minister said that Google and...
Abstract Parental incarceration is often an adverse childhood experience that has been characterized as an enduring trauma that involves ongoing and repeated stressors. In this study we focus on the role of parental incarceration in predicting child...
"Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation to help protect the most vulnerable Californians - homeless children and adults and foster youth.... "The Governor signed the following bills: • AB 346 by Assemblymember Mark Stone (D-Scotts Valley) -...
"The soldiers have undergone a serious of blood tests, to see if they are more inclined to develop the diseases. Nero-psyche tests, map attention and memory skills, then Auburn's MRI research center performs a serious of brain scans while soldiers are...
Abstract Little is known about the long-term neural consequences of adverse life events for healthy adolescents, and this is particularly the case for events that occur after a putative stress-sensitive period in early childhood. In this functional...
"I completely isolated myself from my squad," explained Lopez, who also described feelings of anger during that period. "I felt like nobody cared. I was out there floundering, and I really felt that nobody really cared what I was going through," he...
"Right now I am trying, desperately trying, to finalize bullet points for a short presentation I’m giving Thursday on stress and the education system. Instead of nicely polishing my documents and printing the flyers I’m handing out,...
3:30 pm Today Pacific Time - Dr. Dan Siegel, Live Webinar - Top expert on training your mind to use mindfulness to heal body and brain - sign up for free at http://goo.gl/aVgw48 Tonight, Dan Siegel, MD will be joining NICABM for our next Wednesday...
" A convergence of compelling evidence has linked toxic early childhood adverse experiences with a lifetime trajectory of serious mental and physical health problems. The biology of adversity supports fundamental shifts in policy and practice across...