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A very huge component of Emotional Neglect in marriages that we must talk about is Sexuality . Emotional neglect refers to the lack of emotional support from your partner, including lack of interest, affection, or validation. Sexual neglect, on the other hand, occurs when your partner is not sexually available to you or does not satisfy your sexual needs. Sex is not just physical. It's emotional and spiritual. Why do you think people cry when it's done really well? It's because it touches...

"The newly elected Republican speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, has previously proposed trillions of dollars in cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid and suggested that slashing the programs should be the top priority of Congress. During his tenure as chair of the Republican Study Committee (RSC) between 2019 and 2021, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) helped craft budget resolutions that called for roughly $2 trillion in Medicare cuts, $3 trillion in Medicaid and Affordable...

I have written the attached for educators and parents, wherever they are located, to help them deal with this shooting, school and business closures and lockdowns. We need to recognize that the impact of this event will be felt not just in Maine, but across the nation as past trauma gets retriggered and the friends and family of those affected could be located in any state. Please share this piece with others. I hope it is helpful at this difficult time. ...

By Laura Gallant, 10/26/23, https://positiveexperience.org/blog/ The HOPE National Resource Center is excited to share a great example of promoting the relationship building block of HOPE from North Clackamas School District (NCSD) based in Milwaukie, Oregon. Under the guidance of superintendent, Dr. Shay James , NCSD recently released a new strategic plan with guiding core values . Each school in the district has been tasked with living these values of equity, relationships, integrity,...

By Susan Clayton, Christie Manning, Alison Nicole Hill, et al., Image: from article, ecoAmerica, October 11, 2023 Building on the success of Mental Health and Our Changing Climate: Impacts, Inequities, and Responses , ecoAmerica collaborated with the American Psychological Association to bring forth the next edition, Mental Health and our Changing Climate: Children and Youth Report . The Mental Health and Our Changing Climate: Children and Youth report chronicles the effects of climate...

By Shannon Firth, Photo: from article, MedPageToday, October 24, 2023 Children of fathers with postpartum depression were significantly more likely to experience at least one adverse childhood experience (ACE) at age 5, according to data from the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study. Among 1,933 father and child pairs, 9% of fathers experienced depression within the year after their children were born and 70% of the children experienced at least one ACE at 5 years, reported Kristine...

From Center on the Developing Child, Photo: from article, Harvard University, October 2023 In June, we hosted a webinar about our latest Working Paper, Place Matters: The Environment We Create Shapes the Foundations of Healthy Development , which examines how a wide range of conditions in the places where children live, grow, play, and learn can shape how children develop. The paper examines the many ways in which the built and natural environment surrounding a child can affect their...

University of Nevada, Reno principal investigator, Kristen Clements-Nolle and University of Nevada, Las Vegas co-principal investigator, Amanda Haboush-Deloye By Brittany Flores, Nevada Today (University of Nevada, Reno), October 24, 2023 Researchers from the University of Nevada, Reno, School of Public Health and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Public Health teamed up to secure nearly $2.5 million dollars in funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

By Jane Dutton and Monica Worline, Photo: from article, Greater Good Magazine, October 24, 2023 Three years ago, we met a woman named Denise when we visited her organization to offer a workshop. Denise shared her passion for learning about organizational culture and culture change. We had a brief, energizing conversation about how she was transferring what she was learning about culture change at work to her volunteer role at her daughter’s school. Fast forward to earlier this month, when we...

The AAP invites pediatricians and other pediatric health professionals to participate in this brief survey to assess needs related to training on trauma-informed care. The survey will close November 10, 2023 . We all know the statistics: Almost half of American children, or 34 million younger than 18, have faced at least one potentially traumatic adverse childhood experience (ACE) and more than 1 in 7 adults report 4 or more ACEs during childhood. (Duffee et al., 2021) Exposure to traumatic...