"Incarceration has a phenomenal effect on children whose family members are in prison. Studies suggest that girls with an incarcerated household member have sex at younger ages, are less likely to use contraceptives, have more sexual partners and are...
"I think a lot of it has to do with this common thread that runs throughout this report,” Conley said of the rise in abuse. “A lot of that is based on adverse childhood experiences.” "Adverse childhood experiences are traumatic...
" Children’s Resilience Initiative ™ (CRI), a community-based response to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) that was born from a vision that tools and resources could help children, their families, and the community address the...
"South Carolina is one of the six jurisdictions that the Social Impact Bond Technical Assistance Lab ( SIB Lab) at the Harvard Kennedy School and The Rockefeller Foundation selected to provide technical assistance for designing and implementing...
"Pima County Juvenile Court is just the second court in the country to become trauma responsive. They are doing a thorough review of the court process to recognize and limit trauma, hopefully reducing the number of kids returning to the center and...
"Boys exposed to familial violence, including conflict between siblings, become increasingly aggressive toward their peers at school, and this aggression is associated with greater levels of alcohol and drug use over time, a new study by a University...
" The growing criticism of our current understanding of P.T.S.D. suggests that what was once ignored or treated as a failure of character—the soldier’s weakness—has now been medicalized to the exclusion of discussing its moral...
"According to the London Associated Press, in the first major global review of violence against women, a series of reports released found about a third of women have been physically or sexually assaulted by a former or current partner. They also found...
"St. Aemilian-Lakeside recently received a $450,000 grant from the Russell J. and Betty Jane Shaw Fund of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation to integrate a trauma informed approach into child welfare at its subsidiary, Integrated Family Services. "The...
"Early exposure to violence and stress not only can affect children's mental and social development during their formative years, it also can increase the risk of alcoholism, illicit drug use, adult depression, anxiety and even heart disease much...
"Individual ethnic groups use psychiatric and mental health services in Scotland very differently, a study suggests. "Researchers have found that there is a significant difference in the rates of hospitalisations for mental health problems according...
"US regulators on Monday approved the first brain wave test for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, saying it may improve the accuracy of diagnoses by medical experts.... "The new test , known as the Neuropsychiatric EEG-Based Assessment Aid...
"Researchers have documented the prevalence of trauma in the lives of the vast majority of public sector clients. Programs and systems that are seeking to integrate trauma-informed interventions include mental health, substance abuse, criminal...
"Children whose parents use "harsh" physical punishment such as slapping or shoving may end up in relatively poorer physical health as adults, a new study suggests. "Researchers found that of more than 34,000 U.S. adults in a government health study,...