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Trauma-Focused Child-Parent Psychotherapy in a Community Pediatric Clinic: A Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration - abstract
This book chapter was co-authored by ACEsConnection member Dr. Nadine Burke Harris. Abstract The present chapter presents an innovative model of community-based, multi-disciplinary collaboration among pediatricians, social workers, and...
Therapeutic Foster Care: Exceptional Care for Complex, Trauma-Impacted Youth in Foster Care
This 13-page brief highlights the promising practice of therapeutic, or treatment foster care (TFC) and its success in delivering services to foster youth with severe mental, emotional, or behavioral health needs or for medically fragile or...
Ask the Experts: Trauma and Stress or Related Disorders in the DSM-5 (42 min)
ISTSS experts presented this webinar. It focused on the implications of the DSM-5 criteria for assessment within the context of treatment—with an emphasis on the changes as well as new items and criteria—and how they might affect...
NE Convening on Trauma-Informed Safety Planning with Families of Children Ages 0-5 - New England
Abstract: This article discusses the convening of the six New England States to discuss the integration of trauma-informed practices across agencies serving children ages 0-5 and their families. The development of State road maps to identify...
Impacts of adverse childhood experiences on health, mental health, and substance use in early adulthood: A cohort study of an urban, minority sample in the U.S. - abstract
Abstract Research has shown that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) increase the risk of poor health-related outcomes in later life. Less is known about the consequences of ACEs in early adulthood or among diverse samples. Therefore, we investigated...
Body weight influences both the physical and mental quality of life
"Body weight has a great influence on our quality of life. While physical health deteriorates when weight is gained, mental well-being seems to improve, especially in women. This has been reported by scientists from the Helmholtz Zentrum München...
Lengthy military deployments increase divorce risk for US enlisted service members
"The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have been hard on military marriages, with the risk of divorce rising directly in relation to the length of time enlisted service members have been deployed to combat zones, according to a new RAND Corporation study....
Studies highlight impact of addiction, housing on crime
"A Simon Fraser University-led study of more than 31,000 B.C. offenders has found that offenders with mental disorders are not as strongly associated with repeating crime as may be commonly thought. Meanwhile the odds of recidivism are significantly...
What are the risks of student cyberbullying?
"The team found that an alarming number of students, almost one in three admitted to being bullied at school . They also found that parental involvement in monitoring internet activity is low among this group with about a third of middle school and...
Integrating Safety, Permanency, and Well-Being for Children and Families in Child Welfare
Abstract: This brief begins by noting that in fiscal year (FY) 2012, the federal Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) disbursed $46.6 million to States, Tribes, Territories, and local entities and granted Title IV-E child welfare...
Addressing Child Traumatic Stress in Child Welfare - New Hampshire
Abstract This article explains the New Hampshire Division for Children Youth and Families (DCYF) has utilized grants to work with the Dartmouth Trauma Interventions Research Center to train staff and provide tools to child welfare and juvenile justice...
OJJDP’s Tribal Green Reentry Program Participants Share Personal Change Stories
"Understanding what helps justice-involved American Indian youth reduce or end their involvement in the tribal juvenile justice system and make positive changes is important for developing effective support programs. In “ Stories of Change Among...
What is the brain telling us about the diagnoses of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder?
"On the one hand, the American Psychiatric Association has introduced the fifth iteration of the psychiatric diagnostic manual, DSM-V.... On the other hand, in new and profound ways, neuroscience and genetics research in psychiatry are yielding...
Historical Trauma & Microaggressions
"Historical trauma differs from other types of trauma in that the traumatic event is shared by a collective group of people who experience the consequences of the event, as well as the fact that the impact of the trauma is held personally...