Blog

By Trisha Pasricha, Photo: Washington Post Illustration/iStock, The Washington Post, September 25, 2023 Q: Doctors don’t seem to take me seriously when I tell them I’m in pain. Why don’t they believe how much I’m suffering? A: Pain is consistently among the most common reasons people go to the emergency room , and at least 1 in 5 Americans experience chronic pain. But it’s possible your doctor’s biases and personal experiences with pain are impacting your care. Many physicians are wary about...

By Aaron Schrank, Photo: Sam Comen, Mother Jones, September 22, 2023 Nearly one-third of all Americans experiencing homelessness live in California. Each night, more than 170,000 people sleep outside or in temporary shelters across the state. The vast majority—90 percent—were living in California when they became unhoused. And 75 percent are homeless in the same county in which they lost their housing. In cities across the state, housing has been a dominant political issue. Local leaders...

Students spend time at the turtle pond on the campus of San Diego State University. CREDIT: NOAH LYONS/EDSOURCE By Noah Lyons, EdSource, September 21, 2023 According to a 2018 study published by Frontiers of Public Health , spending time outdoors can aid people in a variety of categories: “attention and cognition, memory, stress and anxiety, sleep, emotional stability and self-perceived welfare or quality of life.” Monicka Fosnocht, an associate therapist at San Diego State University with a...

By Jill Suttie, Photo: John Englart/Wikimedia & Creative Commons, Greater Good Magazine, September 25, 2023 Teenagers in America are inheriting a society rife with social injustice and inequality. Discrimination, police brutality, high rates of violence, substandard educational opportunities, and under-resourced communities are among the many barriers to their future health and happiness. Understandably, young people may feel their futures look bleak, making them anxious, depressed, or...

From Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), September 25, 2023 Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), has announced $131.7 million awarded this month in grant programs that connect youth and families to behavioral health services. Tackling the nation’s ongoing mental health crisis, particularly among our youth, is a top priority of the Biden-Harris...

[Editor's note: Dr. Harise Stein at Stanford University edits a web site — abuseresearch.info — that focuses on the effects of abuse, and includes research articles on PACEs. Every month, she posts the summaries of the abstracts and links to research articles that address only ACEs, PCEs and PACEs. Thank you, Harise!! — Rafael Maravilla] Researchers Francis ER, Tsaligopoulou A, Stock SE, Pingault JB, Baldwin JR. Subjective and objective experiences of childhood adversity: a meta-analysis of...

The National Training and Technical Assistance Center for Child, Youth, and Family Mental Health ( NTTAC ), is a PACEs Connection partner in the important discussion of healing-centered youth engagement. This week Joshua Smith, a juvenile justice advocate and peer support expert for NTTAC joins History. Culture. podcast hosts Ingrid Cockhren, PACEs Connection CEO, and Mathew Portell, director of education and outreach, to discuss the latest healing-centered approaches and how they are the...

I had the opportunity to present on Adverse Childhood Experiences and Pregnancy with MCHTRT ASU College of Health Solutions This is the Zoom recording link and password so you can watch if you were not able to join us live. https://asu.zoom.us/rec/share/evD1cZo8BQNW18KZSMk9HA3YcTo04cpx88zW1PwUU6iAojLUEUlhrK0wFSIIvMA5.a5H9ZouGV_j-rLCQ Passcode: Uf5b.4J*

“Nothing lights up a child’s brain like play.” ~ Dr Stuart Brown, M.D. When you think of a baby or child, what is it that they want to do most? They want to play… Right? Babies are born ready to learn, they want to explore, touch, taste, smell, poke, pound, and throw everything they can get their hands on. This is learning and these are experiences their developing brain needs. Through “hands on” interactive experiences young children are learning about their environment, how things in the...

My foundation aims to increase compassion for ourselves and others by asking you to “take a second look” at what happened to us in the past and providing education about adverse childhood experiences and how they affect the way we behave, the choices we make and the way we see the world. Presentations can include - what happens in our brain when it is exposed to repeated traumatic experiences, how these brain changes affect our behavior and our health throughout our lives and what we can do...

PIRATES by Michael Skinner-live performance. A song about overcoming the pirates in our lives and the healing journey we embark upon. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vakBStfo5c “Sometimes it's the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination.” - Drake “ PIRATES” © Michael Skinner Walking down to the dock of the bay Just take care in selecting your ship, moored at the quay A sturdy ship from those at hand will help your passage Deliver you to a new land Before you set sail,...

La Maida Project (LMP) is hosting three upcoming experiential workshops aimed to create a trauma-responsive and ACEs-aware culture in all the communities and settings where you engage. We are inviting the PACEs community to sign up free of charge using the promo code PACEsTogether . LMP is working to address the mental health crisis by healing our connection to self, community, purpose, and the natural world. Our experiential education workshops emphasize the participant's felt experience in...