Science writer (and scientist) Jenny Morber wrote this fascinating article for Popular Science a while ago about arousal during rape. It's an important story because the deep shame people feel about being aroused during rape causes them to wonder if...
Parents who wish to shield their children from exchanging sexually explicit images and texts on cell phones should make sure they, themselves, stay connected to their kids through mobile communication, says a University of Michigan researcher. Rather...
A group of Iowa women calling themselves the Trauma Mamas visited the Statehouse Wednesday to highlight the need for increased funding for children’s mental health services. The four women described their experiences caring for adopted children...
...Woodland Hills is one of 10 school districts around the nation selected to participate in a public-private partnership initiative to explore discipline alternatives to suspension and expulsion. The initiative is a partnership between the American...
Delaware was “late to the table” in its understanding and grasp of trauma-informed care for those with behavioral and mental health problems, according to Leslie Brower, who is directing the state’s effort to change its approach. But...
“You can close all the loopholes you want, you can add any number of new crimes to the list, but if you don’t have case workers, investigators and the attorneys for the department, it’s not going to make a lick of difference,”...
More than three decades after an estimated two million Cambodians died in a genocide perpetrated by the Khmer Rouge, post-traumatic stress disorder and other forms of emotional trauma continue to prey on the peace of mind of survivors and their...
Here's a post I did last Spring for the Joyful Heart Foundation describing my use of the ACE Study to discuss violence with college-age men. 1in6 Thursday: Boys Become Men May 30, 2013 | BY Peter Pollard | JHF BLOG > I spoke recently with a group...
In 2010, in the depths of my journey of recovery from Attachment Disorder, a friend passed on a story to me. When an elephant is wounded, it can't stand alone by itself and will fall and die -- and sensing this, two other elephants come...
She's on the other side of the world but she feels what I feel when I sing, what I felt even at her age, and that's worth everything to me... There is a reason I'm doing this here and it has everything to do with emotional object constancy and...
Last week, after the video class by therapist Dr. Tara Brach , I said that for one day, I’d try to be Present with What Is. Hey, I struggle with a regular meditation for 45 minutes, so this’ll be a stretch. On Day 1, when the...
Mike Jay wrote this profile of Geel, a small town in Belgium whose residents have taken in people with who are disabled or who have mental illness....for more than 700 years. The townspeople call these people guests or boarders. Thanks to...
Many individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) also experience depression. Researchers at Case Western Reserve University found that during PTSD treatments, rapid improvements in depression symptoms are associated with better outcomes....
In his NYTimes Fixes column, David Bornstein noted: " Homelessness is an extremely adverse childhood experience." He included that observation in a must-read overview of how cities are dealing with homelessness. He used a heartbreaking series --...