Poverty is a growing problem, and it is particularly devastating to children, whose brains need fuel to grow so they can develop into healthy adults. But poverty affects more than brains. Poverty is linked to chronic disease — including obesity,...
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed legislation on Friday ensuring that seriously mentally ill inmates will no longer be kept in solitary confinement, an issue that has come under increasing scrutiny across the country amid arguments that the...
Former U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy talks with Alice M. Forrester, executive director of the Clifford Beers Clinic in New Haven, at a panel discussion about the effects of trauma on New Haven and other communities. America must recognize trauma as a...
Q: What personal or professional moment or event in your life inspired you to work on ACEs? A: I am the daughter of a psychologist and a social worker, so at times I have joked that I was genetically predisposed to be a professional...
Writer Ann Hite tells an evocative story about her and her brother's struggles after being brought up in a dysfunctional family. After a scary few years of bad choices, partying too hard and drinking too much, Jeff settled down, found the...
[Photo: Eric Thayer/Getty Images] For decades, inpatient rehab has been one of the go-to treatments for substance addiction. Nearly two million Americans seek treatment for addiction each year, but there's a movement in the medical community to change how we perceive the condition — and how to treat it. Alltyr patients don't pack a bag and check into a residential facility. They don't go to group therapy and they don't expect to get sober in 30 days. Instead, patients schedule regular...
It should come as no surprise that Los Angeles County's treatment of mentally ill jail inmates falls so short of acceptable standards that the U.S. Department of Justice is seeking federal court oversight . County officials did too little for too long...
NYU's McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research posted this on SocialJusticeSolutions.org. ...Despite the role school lunches have played in reducing hunger and addressing learning deficits , school systems and eligible families often...
In this op-ed, Rev. Dr. Frederick J. Streets, senior pastor of the Dixwell Congregational United Church of Christ and a licensed clinical social worker in New Haven, CT, defines a trauma-informed ministry. Here are two of the six aspects: • A...
A report released this week by The Council of State Governments Justice Center calls on school districts across the nation to hold themselves accountable for a positive school climate as well as test scores. “Research and data on school...
When she was a child, 22-year-old Ifetayo Harvey's father was sentenced to prison for cocaine trafficking. "My dad went to prison when I was 4 years old, and he was released when I was 12," Harvey says. Harvey is one of millions of young people who...
NPR host Arun Rath talked with Alan Rabinowitz, a renowned zoologist and conservationist responsible for the world's first jaguar sanctuary, the Cockscomb Basin Jaguar Preserve in the mountains of Belize. Rabinowitz, the author of books about...
[Daniel St. Hubert in custody. Photo: Victor J. Blue for NYTimes] During much of his five years of incarceration for choking his mother with an electrical cord, Daniel St. Hubert was prone to aggressive outbursts and violence , assaulting inmates and correctional workers. It took three years before he was even deemed psychologically fit to stand trial. After years of mandatory therapy designed to stabilize him, he began to show signs of improvement: In the last six months, he had...
A new white paper , released by the Center for Youth Wellness, highlights the significant health and development challenges faced by children exposed to chronic early adversity, and outlines recommended steps to address this public health problem....
Credit: Education Images/Getty The law prohibits you from spanking your boss, your employee, your spouse, your best friend, or a stranger you walk past on the street. But in the United States, it's still perfectly legal to spank your own...