"Their latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is being changed. "And the criteria for a PTSD diagnosis have loosened. "You don't have to have been exposed to a dramatic event, as previously was in the diagnoses,"...
"The results of the National Marriage Project found the most problematic issue in cohabitation is the effect on children. In 1987, there was 21 percent of unmarried households with children. By 1997, that number had grown to 36 percent. For cohabiting...
"Kids on the brink are often too dangerous to live at home. And there are some that are so challenging to treat, that there isn’t even a facility for them in the state of Iowa. These children could have genetic factors that cause their...
"Almost one out of four women has experienced "severe physical violence" by an intimate partner, according to the Centers for Disease Control . "Jessica" says neighbors can help domestic violence situations by keeping an eye-on-one-another. "Many...
"The challenge of domestic violence is an issue of concern for the state. It’s also one that affects veterans, according to Dovey Balsam of Industry, who spent a year researching and proposing ways to help veterans and their families.... "Her...
"Veterans treated at Veterans Affairs Department medical facilities for post-traumatic stress disorder often receive highly addictive sedatives even though the department’s own guidelines issued in 2010 recommend against their use for the...
Hello ACE friends. My name is Josh Puls, I am the Prevention Outreach Specialist with the Children's Trust Fund here in Wisconsin. Shortly we will be working on creating some new questions to add to the Wisconsin BRFS, and more specifically to...
"Mental health is more than just the absence of disorders or problems. Research shows that helping young people develop resiliency nurtures positive mental health and helps them meet the challenges and responsibilities of adulthood.... "Feeling...
"It's a chilling scene caught on camera: Armed police officers stripping a baby from his mother's arms. "No warrant. "No court order. "They just walk into a private home at take the child … all on the say-so of a social...
"Animal cruelty is not only abhorrent, it is a known path to violence against humans in later life. But with chilling cases of animal abuse, torture and gruesome killings making regular headlines, what can be done to curb the abuse?... "And though...
Abstract Using a developmental, social–ecological approach to understand the etiology of health-risk behavior and inform primary prevention efforts, we assess the predictive effects of family and neighborhood social processes on youth physical...
"A proposed piece of legislation called the Mental Health First Aid Act of 2013 was assigned to a congressional committee on Jan. 15 and was introduced in the House of Representatives by Ron Barber (D-Tucson, Ariz.). This legislation would provide...
"...Witness and practice empathy so that you can return to your daily life confident in using the healing power of unconditional listening. A key element of trauma-informed and nonviolent practices, empathy is sometimes challenging to apply, as it is...
"Chronic trauma can inflict lasting damage to brain regions associated with fear and anxiety. Previous imaging studies of people with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, have shown that these brain regions can over-or under-react in response to...