When Vermont State Legislator and physician Dr. George Till heard Dr. Vincent Felitti present the findings of the CDC's Adverse Childhood Experiences Study at a conference in Vermont last October, he had an epiphany that resulted in a seismic...
For the last four years, two of the smartest men in town, both titans and respected leaders in their fields, have met monthly for lunch to talk about their work, their lives, and the books they are reading. When Aaron Beck (known to friends as "Tim")...
CAÑON CITY, Colo. — The cells where inmates are kept in solitary confinement at the state penitentiary here are 7-by-13-foot boxes arranged in semicircular tiers. When the warden, Travis Trani, heard that Rick Raemisch, Colorado’s...
Speaking to a crowd of about 100 people at a West Hartford synagogue last month, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy (CT) plowed through his usual set of talking points on jobs, the economy and the state budget. Then, near the end of a question-and-answer session,...
Stress is, without a doubt, harmful to our overall well-being. Recently, researchers have found that stress in children in particular is linked to an increased likelihood of obesity and other health problems in adulthood. However, in a new study,...
The Miami Herald investigates how 477 children died of abuse or neglect after falling through Florida's protective net. Fraternal twins Tariji and Tavont’ae Gordon were born together but died two years, eight months, 24 days apart. One was...
On a January morning six years ago, Jonny Benjamin walked halfway across the Waterloo Bridge, in London, stepped to the edge, and prepared to jump. Benjamin, who was then twenty, had just been given a diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder; he felt...
Whether more battered women are seeking help or the shortage of affordable housing is keeping them in shelters longer, Connecticut's domestic violence network is stretched beyond capacity. The latest one-day snapshot of life on the domestic violence...
Local law enforcement entities and other first responders are no strangers to traumatic events. While agencies don’t have the same programs or services to deal with the aftermath of those tragedies, coping mechanisms in general center largely on...
A major obstacle to preventing the sexual abuse of children is getting people to realize that it is a common problem. A local survey released this month shows that Rochester-area residents believe child sexual abuse is "more of a national problem than...
Police officer Brian Post recognized the 16-year-old girl lying face down in the grass at the Whispering Pines apartment complex in Lynnwood, Washington. He had gotten to know her in recent weeks, helping her obtain a restraining order against her...
Roughly 30% of adults with attention-deficit disorder (ADD) or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were physically abused as children, new research shows. Investigators from the University of Toronto in Canada found that the likelihood of...
YouTube and Twitter are usually prime places for youngsters to mock ministers, whip up dissent and do battle with the government. So why have a range of social media's brightest stars just joined forces with it? Charlie McDonnell, Jamal Edwards,...
The goal that Lorraine Speaks has set for herself seems simple: Eat better. Barely 5 feet tall, the 58-year-old weighs 240 pounds. To lose weight, she knows she'll have to cut back on processed foods and the bags of miniature cookies that are her...
It has been 23 months since Brown County noticed a spike in the number of child abuse and neglect reports in Brown County. At the time, April 2012, officials talked about the seriousness of the problem and how action need to be taken quickly. Since...