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There is much psychiatry does not understand about how our psyche works. Indeed, because psychiatric symptoms are mostly self-reported, there is little evidence that mental disorders exist. However, all humans recognize in themselves the urges and responses they seem to have that echo past experiences. This piece will target the inner child and how it can both negatively and positively affect everyday life. The Discovery of the Inner Child The concept of the inner child began with Carl Jung,...

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By Nick Anderson, The Washington Post, June 16, 2021 When Gary King came to Pennsylvania State University in 1998, records show, fewer than 3 of every 100 full-time faculty members identified, like him, as Black. A medical sociologist with expertise in race and tobacco smoking, King rose on the academic ladder. He gained tenure and promotion to professor of biobehavioral health and African American studies. Yet during King’s time at Penn State, the Black share of full-time faculty members on...

Please join us for our next A Better Normal: Practicing Resilience episode, a live Zoom event! In A Better Normal we imagine and create a PACEs science-informed world together. In Practicing Resilience we fill up our own cups with healing practices for ourselves. Witnessing Ourselves: Grief & Self-Care in Times of COVID-19 Transition Thursday, June 17th, 2021 | Noon to 1pm PDT Live on Zoom | Hosted by Gail Kennedy and Lara Kain Guest: Sandra J. Valdes-Lopez, MDiv, CA, TCTSY-F, RYT...

By Mike DeBonis, The Washington Post, June 16, 2021 Congress on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to establish Juneteenth as a federal holiday, elevating the day marking the end of slavery in Texas to a national commemoration of emancipation amid a larger reckoning about America’s turbulent history with racism. It is the first new federal holiday created by Congress since 1983, when lawmakers voted to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day after a 15-year fight to commemorate the assassinated...

(UPDATE: Webinar moved to July 7th 11-12 PST) In this webinar, we’ll discuss the unique importance of school mental health at this time, what schools can do to support it, and how these efforts can be funded (including accessing ARPA funds). Join experts in school mental health/trauma-informed program design, implementation, and funding streams to explore how schools committed to supporting student wellbeing can find a path that considers both your school capacity and the needs of your...

The early summer has seen a slew of high-impact state legislation on child welfare and youth justice. Last week, New York lawmakers moved several landmark bills while punting a few to next year’s legislative session. Among the biggest moves: The state will now give parents whose rights have been terminated a path to court-ordered contact with their children, even those who have been adopted from foster care. Children below the age of 12 can no longer be arrested and processed in New York’s...

Conference Speakers Announced, New Physical Punishment Report & More We are excited to announce our opening and closing plenary speakers for "Transforming Our Tomorrow: 2021 Prevent Child Abuse America Virtual Conference": Dr. Nadine Burke Harris: Surgeon General of California and long-time advocate for the prevention of ACEs. Vu Le: writer, speaker, and former Executive Director of RVC, known for his no-BS approach, irreverent sense of humor, and love of unicorns. Additionally, Lisseth...

By Businesswire, June 16, 2021 Today, JPMorgan Chase announced new steps to address the housing affordability gap as part of its $30 billion commitment to help advance racial equity and drive an inclusive recovery. By combining its unique set of business, data, policy and philanthropic resources, the firm aims to improve housing affordability and stability as well as homeownership opportunities for Black and Latinx households. This includes: Addressing housing stability, affordability and...

Empowerment Peer support group for individual's impacted by a parent's substance use: Ticket: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/empowerment-in-community-with-fritzi-horstman-tickets-159897328213 Join us on June 29, 2021 @ 6:00pm MST as we listen to Fritzi Horstman, founder of Compassion Prison Project , share how she has used the wisdom from her own experiences with a parent's substance use to advocate for compassionate prisons and communities. We will talk shame, healing, and advocacy work and...

By Michael Fitzgerald, The Imprint, June 11, 2021 Upending laws on the books since at least 1909, the New York Legislature passed a historic justice reform this week that bars the arrest and prosecution of children who are 11 years old and as young as 7. More than a hundred young children are arrested and prosecuted in New York each year, overwhelmingly Black and Latino children who face off with law enforcement in their earliest years of life. If signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D),...

By Dennis S. Charney, STAT, June 15, 2021 O ne morning almost five years ago, a disgruntled former employee tried to kill me with a shotgun as I walked out of my local deli. The buckshot pellets from the blast pierced my right shoulder and chest; blood gushed from the wound. I learned later that the shot would have killed me had it landed a few inches to the left. I had studied trauma victims for decades to understand resilience and find new treatments for mood and anxiety disorders like...