"Yoga can make a big difference for trauma survivors like Elaine, and we are beginning to see more research that backs up her experience. A three-year NIH-funded yoga and trauma study conducted at the Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute in...
Abstract Background : Prior studies have demonstrated an association between experiencing trauma in childhood and poorer self-rated health in adulthood. Much less is known about this association among low-income minority patients in primary care...
Abstract Background Various studies have reported a positive relationship between child maltreatment and personality disorders (PDs). However, few studies included all DSM-IV PDs and even fewer adjusted for other forms of childhood adversity, e.g....
I have published a book that one would not likely think of as pertinent to the ACE Study. But, as Einstein once wisely noted: The serious problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them. A...
Your Tax Dollars At Work When families fail their children, WE ALL PAY for the consequences. The exploding economic consequences of failing families prohibits our Nation’s economic recovery. FACT – Fear-based childhoods initiate an...
Daddy, what’s a deficit? Parents, we have a problem. You care so much for your kids. But, as you read today’s headlines, do you get that sinking feeling that their future may not be what you were expecting? Are you a...
Trending towards disaster… America , we have led our children’s future to the brink. Our nation’s social trends are trending towards disaster. Now, in our desperation to fix what’s broken, we are blind to the obvious....
The Ground Zero of Social Injustice On September 11, 2001, 2,753 adult victims were murdered by 19 barbaric Middle East terrorists. Between 2001 to 2012, the light of 6,000 American citizens – ages 0 to 5 years – was snuffed out by...
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"In a pair of feature stories published this week, JJIE described two modes of intensive at-home treatment that show great promise to improve outcomes for emotionally disturbed youth in the delinquency system, both of which cost far less than...
"On top of whatever problems made them wards of the state, kids placed in foster care are twice as likely to drop out of school or be held back a grade as their peers. "Seventy-five percent underperform scholastically. "But Pima County Juvenile Court...
" In 2010, Storey took her first trip. In the three years since, she has made the trip a dozen times, taking groups from Kansas churches in Wichita, Haysville and Augusta. If Storey has her way, she will continue working to help the...
"More than 400,000 children are currently in foster care in the U.S. Once a child has entered the system, they remain there on average for nearly two years , according to a federal report. As part of our State of Opportunity project, we looked into a...
"TeenCentral is run by KidsPeace, a nonprofit with headquarters in Schnecksville, Lehigh County, that provides mental and behavioral health services to children and families nationwide.... "Now, it has inpatient and outpatient services, along with a...
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