It's safe to assume that every Montanan is against child abuse. But tragically, it happens all the time, the incidents of child abuse are actually increasing, and the impacts of abuse on the most vulnerable of Montana's citizens — our...
Children who experience multiple traumatic events, from emotional and sexual abuse to neglect, have higher blood pressures as young adults than their peers, researchers report. The difference of 10 points in the systolic pressure – the...
Every once in a while I write something that has nothing to do with trauma. Not in an obvious way anyhow. But I can't help but be me so even poetry by Hafiz seems to be about attachment to me. Out of a great need we are holding...
Obesity researcher Mary Forhan has a vision of what the care of people with obesity should be like. Sadly, the reality is very different. "Often standard hospital equipment including beds, stretchers, wheelchairs and exercise equipment don't...
Traumas suffered at a young age can have a lasting influence well into adulthood, according to an influential study. Adverse Childhood Experiences (or ACEs) can lead to chronic diseases that don't emerge until victims are fully grown, workplace...
Barry Goldstein, author of the book, The Quincy Solution, was the keynote speaker on Sunday at the 21st Annual Northern California Child Sexual Abuse Awareness Conference. He argued that we can “save $500 billion every year by...
Barry Goldstein, author of the book “The Quincy Solution” was the keynote speaker on Sunday at the 21st Annual Northern California Child Sexual Abuse Awareness Conference. He argued that we can “save $500 billion every year by...
Nearly one in 10 full-time workers in the United States has had a recent substance abuse problem, a new government study reveals. Analysis of data gathered between 2008 and 2012 from more than 111,500 adults with full-time jobs revealed that 9.5...
A group of men in the vanguard of a new model of housing for chronically homeless people with mental illnesses sat around a small conference table eating pizza recently in Leavenworth. It was the monthly social gathering for residents of the...
There's a classic marketing theory that when you put two words or ideas together enough, consumers will form an implicit association—and even act. I say "peanut butter," you think, "jelly." I play French music in my grocery store, you buy...
If college admissions brochures are to be believed, American universities are thriving havens of not only racial diversity but also of racial harmony. Diverse student groups study and socialize together in marketing photos where everyone...
Local groups are working together to spread the word on preventing child mistreatment and promoting well-being in keeping with Child Abuse Awareness Month in April. ACE Overcomers, a program that aims to help teens and adults overcome the...
This past February, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers knocked on an apartment door in Vancouver, Wash., looking for a man named Adam Crapser. A 39-year-old former barbershop owner and auto-insurance claims estimator, Crapser was...
The ex-Patriot, now convicted of one murder and suspected in others, had just gotten over his father’s untimely death and signed an NFL contract when his mother was stabbed. Editor's Note: This story was updated after Hernandez was found...
Cynthia Germanotta, president of Born This Way Foundation and mother of Lady Gaga, writes about raising her unique daughter and the Emotion Revolution, launched with Yale. As a mom, it’s difficult to watch your child struggle. Whether the...