A college freshman walked to a hospital emergency room at midnight and said she feared that she was going to harm herself. Twelve hours later, after it was determined that she was no longer in danger, she decided to call her parents — but...
Google’s philanthropic arm will give $3 million to pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris ’ Bayview clinic, which has earned international acclaim for its work linking the physical ailments of low-income children to their traumatic...
The incarceration rate in the United States is by far the highest in the world (see Trauma Matters , Fall 2013). According to a recent report by the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences (2014), “with less than 5% of the...
The recently published Treatment Improvement Protocol 57, “Trauma-Informed Care in Behavioral Health Services” (SAMHSA, 2014), defines trauma-informed care as “a strengths-based delivery approach ‘that is grounded in an...
There has been a lot of talk recently about marijuana legalization — increasing tax revenue for states, getting nonviolent offenders out of the prison system, protecting personal liberty, possible health benefits for those with severe...
Psychoeducational family intervention (PFI) improves social functioning in patients with bipolar I disorder and reduces burden among close relatives, Italian study data show. If the findings are replicated in other studies, “psychoeducation...
A Liberian-American woman filmed a now-viral video to challenge xenophobic attitudes in light of Ebola’s proliferation. With the slogan “I am a Liberian, not a virus,” Shoana Solomon sheds light on the recent stigmatization of...
Ferguson, Missouri, was a powder-keg waiting for a match long before August 9 and Michael Brown’s fateful encounter with Police Officer Darren Wilson. It is one of many predominantly black communities across the United States plagued...
Scottish actor Alan Cumming has won accolades for his performances, including current stints as a manipulative Chicago political operative on TV's “The Good Wife” and a revival of his Tony-winning role in the Broadway musical...
There has been much written and spoken about domestic violence and child abuse recently due to incidents involving NFL players. It’s unfortunate that it takes a sensationalized incident to bring into view a chronic societal problem; but,...
Charles Barkley recently explained why "we as black people are never going to be successful." His reasoning is painful: "We as black people are never going to be successful, not because of you white people, but because of other black people....
One of the contradictions of American society is that although race is central to the nation's history—a fact few deny—Americans often seem to struggle to see the ways that historical legacy continues to influence life today. (My...
In 1989, children younger than 16 could be sentenced to die in the United States. Lawyer Bryan Stevenson (TED Talk: We need to talk about an injustice ) represented some of these juveniles in Alabama, the state with the most children...
Each year at Halloween, our neighborhoods are bustling as children go door to door dressed as zombies, vampires, skeletons or something else fantastic and scary. For many children Halloween is the rare occasion to indulge in a fun time...
The families of children involved in Dependency and Neglect (D&N) cases face a long road through an intimidating and confusing legal system. The Court Appointed Special Advocate Association, which helps many of these families by providing volunteer advocates for children, has a relatively new presence in Colorados 9th Judicial District. CASA of the Ninth serves Garfield, Pitkin and Rio Blanco counties by training and supporting volunteer advocates. Its mission is to find a safe,...