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Stress is inevitable. But psychologists are learning more about how to keep it from becoming overwhelming. Midlife, in particular, can bring with it many stressful events: divorce, the death of a parent, a stagnating career. In this hour, we’ll discuss how to develop the coping skills needed to meet the challenges of midlife. [For more of this story, written by Scott Shafer, go to https://ww2.kqed.org/forum/2017/07/28/meeting-the-challenges-of-midlife/]

For decades the “Philadelphia Story” was about steady economic decline. That story is being rewritten today as many Americans rediscover 'the advantages of cities—inviting public spaces, rich cultural diversity and a creative environment that fertilizes start-ups and attracts talent. Young people, in particular, have moved here in droves, realizing they can enjoy the same kind of urban amenities as New York, Washington or Boston. New Americans immigrating from other nations also contribute...

HALF OF PEOPLE aged between 18 and 24 have said that a mental health issue has affected their work ethic at some stage of their career, according to a new survey. Despite this, however, almost half (49%) of people in this age group said that they would feel uncomfortable ringing in sick to work if they had a mental health issue. Across all age groups, 35% of employees said that a mental health issue had affected their work ethic, while 40% would not ring in sick because of their mental...

A radical therapy may heal the deepest layers of the brain—and transform the way we treat the often untreatable victims of PTSD.

I keep thinking the best way to change our current problems with ACE issues is to make a national MANDATORY use of the ACE Survey at all pediatric practices. Yet, someone today said..."Is there any follow-up to the Portland pediatric story?" Are parents following through on getting counseling, etc. after sharing their ACE results? " Does anyone have that information? Because I was getting push back today from the CEO of a big, respected Corporate Wellness coaching firm. He found the ACEs...

[Editor's note: Dr. Harise Stein at Stanford University edits a web site -- abuseresearch.info -- that focuses on the health effects of abuse, and includes research articles on ACEs. Every month, she's posting the summaries of the abstracts and links to research articles that address only ACEs. Thank you, Harise!! -- Jane Stevens] Bellis MA, Hardcastle K, Ford K, et. al. Does continuous trusted adult support in childhood impart life-course resilience against adverse childhood experiences - a...

This blog post is to share our toolkit, "A Resilience Framework for Domestic Violence and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)." The toolkit is a PowerPoint that can be downloaded here and is free to share. This project started nearly 24 months ago with support from the Arctic Fulbright Initiative to examine the intersections between domestic violence and ACEs and create an open access resource. A statewide survey in Alaska and focus groups in Finland provided recommendations on information...

A study ranks Oklahoma as one of the worst states in the nation for adverse childhood experiences, Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy CEO Joe Dorman said Wednesday, and he said he hopes his organization can reverse that trend. Dorman spoke during the Wednesday lunch meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Bartlesville at the Bartlesville Community Center. The former state legislator and 2014 Democratic candidate for governor, began his tenure as CEO of the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy in...

An anonymous Google software engineer’s 10-page fulmination against workplace diversity was leaked from internal company communications systems, including an internal version of Google+, the company’s social network, and another service that Gizmodo, which published the full memo , called an “internal meme network.” “I’m simply stating that the distribution of preferences and abilities of men and women differ in part due to biological causes,” the Googler writes, “and that these differences...

Many people seem keen to start screening children and adults for ACEs in the hope that we can help them avoid or counteract the negative effects. I have been looking at the experience of screening for other problems, like domestic violence, and there are some cautionary lessons to be learned. We need to be careful about how we go about doing this, and I make some suggestions in the attached article.

To See the Conference Agenda, List of All-Star Speakers, and To Register Click Here Why Should Californians Attend This Unique Conference ? From high levels of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), to job and financial struggles, racism and other forms of inequity and injustice, traumatic stress is epidemic today. Climate change will aggravate all of these existing adversities, and add many new ones as well. Yet, California is leading the U.S. in finding innovative new ways to address...

I recently wrote a post on LINKEDIN ( link and text of post are below) designed to encourage positive as opposed to negative feedback. It was inspired by another blog post which I have also linked and the text of the inspirational post below). Indeed, we suffer from negative feedback on many levels. As parents, teachers and employers, positive feedback can improve outcomes, it can ease tension and stress, it can improve work produce and sense of self. One key issue: how do we encourage more...