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"I teach a trauma-informed class that is highly somatically-based.  Breath, sensing the body, working within a healthy capacity and adequate savasana (rest pose) are important to all yoga classes, but detailed attention and reminders are...

"While all parents know that it's best to avoid comparing siblings to each other, and to strive for equity in terms of attention, optimal parenting of this sort is incredibly difficult when faced with multiple risk factors, such as poverty, mental...

"Mary Zaffke, public health nurse, discussed Family Home Visiting. This 20-year veteran described with enthusiasm the importance the first years of life are for a child. "She said, “Research supports the idea that the quality of life for a child...

Abstract Purpose Childhood adversities (CAs) have consistently been associated with mental health problems in childhood and adulthood. However, few studies have employed appropriate statistical methods that take into account overlap among CAs, and...

"Mental health facilities that provide outpatient specialty services for youth are a critical element of the mental health care infrastructure, especially for youth who are uninsured or publically insured.... "These gaps in geographic access to mental...

"Based on past case research, it is estimated that about 46 percent of us will have a mental health disorder in our lifetime.... "There is a big connection between adverse childhood experiences and poor mental and physical health in the adult years....

"The first time I went to jail I didn't have the support group I needed," King said recently. The second time around, she connected with a Solano County program -- Women's Re-Entry Achievement Program (WRAP) -- that made all the difference. "WRAP,...

"The Legislature has returned to Olympia, and the state budget will dominate the debate, just as it has in every session since the start of the Great Recession. Unlike any other session, however, this year we have been warned by the state Supreme...

"Lead is a common element but is found in old paints (including those once used on children's toys), soil, old piping, water, and the atmosphere from lead-containing vehicular fuels, even drinking vessels. At high dose it is lethal but also causes...

"Children who are bullied online or by mobile phone are just as likely to skip school or consider suicide as kids who are physically bullied, according to a study led by a Michigan State University criminologist.... "Holt said parents should pay...

"Concerns and anxieties about one's close relationships appear to function as a chronic stressor that can compromise immunity, according to new research...." "Participants with higher attachment anxiety produced, on average, 11 percent more cortisol...

"A new study published online in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry revealed a significantly higher prevalence of substance abuse and cigarette use by adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)...