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Social considerations not accounted for in DSM-5
"Social and population variations in mental diagnosis are not accounted for in the newly revised fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), according to an editorial published in the May issue of Health...
The most important problem facing American children today
"What is the most important problem facing American children today? "According to the Academic Pediatric Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics, it is the effects of poverty on the health and well being of young people. But, they concede,...
Four school districts to participate in the Stewards of Children program to train staff on abuse - Pennsylvania
"The Stewards of Children program soon will take a giant leap toward the goal of educating 5,000 Centre County residents to recognize and report child abuse. "Howard Long, president and CEO of the YMCA of Centre County, said four local school...
New Law Gives Parents Behind Bars in Washington State a Way to Hold Onto Their Children
" On May 8, 2013, Washington State governor Jay Inslee signed SHB1284, or the Children of Incarcerated Parents bill, into law. The law guides the courts' discretion to delay the termination of parental rights if the parent's incarceration or prior...
Mothers to do jail time at home under new program - New York
"Based on the success of Drew House, the Brooklyn DA is now launching Justice Home, which will give convicted female felons the right to serve their sentence in their own residence while retaining custody of their children. "The new program has...
First pharmaceutical treatment for PTSD within reach?
"In a first-of-its-kind effort to illuminate the biochemical impact of trauma, researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center have discovered a connection between the quantity of cannabinoid receptors in the human brain, known as CB1...
Body clocks of depressed people altered at cell level, researchers show
"Every cell in our bodies runs on a 24-hour clock, tuned to the night-day, light-dark cycles that have ruled us since the dawn of humanity. The brain acts as timekeeper, keeping the cellular clock in sync with the outside world so that it can govern...
Researchers reveal how the brain suppresses pain during times of stress
"New findings about how the brain functions to suppress pain have been published in the leading journal in the field Pain, by National University of Ireland Galway (NUI Galway) researchers. For the first time, it has been shown that suppression of...
Substance use, aggression linked in new study focused on Latino youth
"Are high school age students who show aggression toward their peers more likely to consume alcohol, tobacco and marijuana? A new study of Latino adolescents in Kansas City, Mo., confirms this idea. But the linkage to substance use is strongest with a...
A better way to prevent child abuse
"By targeting first-time, young vulnerable mothers with low socio-economic status—the current criteria for the FNP—the programme is only reaching around one-quarter of families likely to benefit and the study estimates that it is missing...
Flu in pregnancy may quadruple child's risk for bipolar disorder
"Pregnant mothers' exposure to the flu was associated with a nearly fourfold increased risk that their child would develop bipolar disorder in adulthood, in a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. The findings add to mounting evidence of...
Picture & tweets from the National ACE Summit in Philadelphia
Photo just posted to Twitter http://instagram.com/p/ZT4GA8Cb7R/ # Tweets: From @ ISF_info Trauma-informed journalism brings sunshine to dark places and creates safe space for people to tell their stories, Jane Stevens...
A Review of Community Efforts to Mitigate and Prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences and Trauma - full text
"This paper summarizes a number of community and treatment system initiatives in Washington State that address elements of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) prevention and mitigation across a range of social, behavioral, and emotional consequences....
Mom and Baby shopping together...
Captured this photo today out shopping...hope to see more Men doing this..great bonding experience...