Hi All, I'm finally going to take a few minutes to post a short summary of my research (dissertation) with you and share some exciting news! I am honored to report that my manuscript titled Adverse childhood experiences and psychosocial...
"Description:The Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services, Paths to Recovery (P2R) program has been selected for a SAMHSA Grantee Spotlight for January 2013. P2R serves what many would consider to be the most difficult to serve clientele, using...
"Jackie Smith Duggan, a United Way intern in 2012, and Eugenia Vavra, United Way’s Health Manager, talk about Adverse Childhood Experiences and how these impact the community. “ACEs cover all of our United Way areas of work. It’s...
SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND The U.S. witnessed an alarming string of multiple mass shootings in 2012. Among the deadliest in the country's history was the recent rampage in an elementary school in Newtown, CT, where a gunman killed more than two dozen...
"A new UB study has shown that verbal aggression may have biological causes that can be identified by the ratio of length of a person's ring finger and the length of the index finger. Research on the communication trait of verbal aggressiveness, which...
Abstract "The present study examines the association of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) to suicidal behavior and mortality in 508 Finnish adolescents (aged 12-17 years) who required acute psychiatric hospitalization between April 2001 and March...
Abstract "American Indian and Alaska Native (Native) people experience more traumatic events and are at higher risk for developing posttraumatic stress disorder compared with the general population. We conducted in-depth interviews with six Native...
"I just finished a book called, How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character by Paul Tough. At the same time I have been familiarizing myself with a study called, “Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE): Relationship of...
"Social practices and cultural beliefs of modern life are preventing healthy brain and emotional development in children, according to an interdisciplinary body of research presented recently at a symposium at the University of Notre Dame.... "This...
"Plenty of research has linked a mother's mental health during and after pregnancy with her child's well-being. Now, a new study suggests that an expectant father's psychological distress might influence his toddler's emotional and behavioral...
"In the wake of the horrific school shootings in Newtown, Conn. in December, three Harvard experts say the best way to curb gun violence in the U.S. is to take a broad public health approach, drawing on proven, evidence-based strategies that have...
BY ROBIN KARR-MORSE AND DAVID LAWRENCE Jr. dlawrence@childreadiness.org Though Americans have lived through more than 30 school shootings since Columbine in 1999, few have received extensive coverage in the media. Until the tragedy at Sandy...
" Watch live coverage of the member's debate on the origins of addiction at 5.05pm on 8 January 2013. SNP MSP Kenneth Gibson will lead the debate.... He believes that addiction services and psychological support would treat addiction more...
Last month, Loma Linda University Children's Hospital released an outstanding, optimistic, and solution-oriented video about child abuse, which they define as physical, sexual, verbal abuse and domestic violence. What makes the video so...
Revisiting an excellent two-part Huffington Post piece by ACEsTooHigh/ACEsConnection founder, Jane Stevens. "The first time that principal Jim Sporleder tried the New Approach to Student Discipline at Lincoln High School in Walla Walla, WA, he was...