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Workplace safety goes beyond physical well-being and isn’t being comfortable all the time. Safety is about creating an environment where employees can thrive without fear of retribution or harm. Table of Contents Defining safety How do I know if I'm unsafe at work? What does a safe workplace look like? Why is safety important? Is safety the same as comfort? Building resilience Final thoughts Defining safety at work Trauma-informed approaches do not work without safety. What exactly do we...

Vaccine information statements, which doctors are legally required to show patients before they are immunized, can be downloaded from the C.D.C. website, but their individual web pages are no longer active. Credit... Joe Raedle/Getty Images Intense backlash prompted the reinstatement of some online resources. But guidelines for safe contraception and information on racial inequities in health care remain missing. By Apoorva Mandavilli and Roni Caryn Rabin, The New York Times, Image: Joe...

Tips that young kids might need support to thrive By Rae Jacobson, Daryaneh Badaly (Clinical Expert), Child Mind Institute, Image: screenshot from article , December 2, 2024 Quick Read It can be hard to tell if a preschool-age child is likely to have a learning disability. When kids are young, they develop skills at different speeds, and kids have different strengths and weaknesses. As they get older their abilities usually even out. But there are some signs in preschool and early school...

The facts are available, if you look for them By Matthew Herper, STAT, Image: Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images , February 3, 2025 Vaccines do not cause autism. You’ve almost certainly read that before — probably hundreds of times. But many people do not believe it, perhaps because too often it is repeated without a real explanation of how we know that. So here is an attempt to offer that explanation. Of course, the issue is in the news again because Robert F. Kennedy Jr. , President...

Study thought to be the first national accounting of both juvenile injuries and deaths from shootings by police in U.S. By Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Image: screenshot from article , January 30, 2025 A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions found that 317 juveniles under age 18 were shot by police between 2015 and 2020, one-third of them fatally. The Center for Gun Violence Solutions is based at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg...

By Qingji Zhang, Yeman Tu, Shunyu Yao, Qingdi Zhang, Jiangnan Liu, and Peng Quan, BMC Psychology, Image: Unsplashed provided by Crowdstack , February 3, 2025 Abstract The dual-factor model (DFM) of mental health has received increasing support in recent years. However, researchers have limited knowledge regarding the longitudinal changes in the DFM of mental health. This study considered the dual-factor mental health among adolescents using latent profile analysis (LPA). It explored the...

Making his encore appearance with us, join us in welcoming Matt Bennett in his second feature with our Growing as a Community series. Building upon the foundations set during his prior event, he will lead a dynamic workshop tailored for healthcare leaders at UC Davis Health introducing a variety of personal and organizational strategies for cultivating wellness and resilience within the healthcare industry. He will offer a refresher on key points made during his original presentation, but we...

Emotional neglect. It’s a quiet relationship killer, slowly dimming the light between two people. Before you know it, you feel alone even when your partner is right there. I’ve been there. I remember that gnawing loneliness, the constant ache for a real emotional connection. It’s debilitating. My goal is to help anyone experiencing emotional neglect feel less alone. Consider this a safe space to find hope, gain clarity, and remember your worth. This comes from a place of empathy — not...

The National Prevention Science Coalition (NPSC) is excited to offer a growing collection of continuing education (CE) courses designed to equip psychologists and professionals with essential prevention-oriented knowledge and skills. While psychology doctoral programs traditionally emphasize treatment over prevention, NPSC’s CE courses fill this critical gap by providing a strong foundation in prevention science—a field dedicated to reducing adverse psychological and social outcomes before...

Music & Thoughts To Share - Feel Like A Man by Michael Skinner - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ebrsp9PkfY&t=33s – written for someone who touched my heart and soul. “To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.” - Lao Tzu “Where there is love there is life.” - Mahatma Gandhi “The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.” - Victor Hugo Please subscribe...

Positive Childhood and Adult Experiences protect against the effects of trauma in individuals. Using trauma-informed approaches, positive experiences can also help organizations build resilience, foster connection, and thrive when faced with trauma. ACEs in Review Many of you are likely familiar with the concept of Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACEs . These are overwhelming or traumatic experiences that occur in childhood and can profoundly shape physical health, behavior, and mental...

Your engagement, opinions, and ideas matter. We need to know what you’re thinking; whether or not you would miss PACEs Connection if it ceased to exist. We really want to know what you’d love to have happen with your social networking site if money were not, as it is presently, a day-to-day struggle. To this end, we are hoping to make PACEs Connection more of a two-way conversation between our members and the volunteers who are now working to revitalize the site. With that thought in mind,...