Abstract Little is known about the long-term neural consequences of adverse life events for healthy adolescents, and this is particularly the case for events that occur after a putative stress-sensitive period in early childhood. In this functional...
"I completely isolated myself from my squad," explained Lopez, who also described feelings of anger during that period. "I felt like nobody cared. I was out there floundering, and I really felt that nobody really cared what I was going through," he...
"Right now I am trying, desperately trying, to finalize bullet points for a short presentation I’m giving Thursday on stress and the education system. Instead of nicely polishing my documents and printing the flyers I’m handing out,...
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" A convergence of compelling evidence has linked toxic early childhood adverse experiences with a lifetime trajectory of serious mental and physical health problems. The biology of adversity supports fundamental shifts in policy and practice across...
"On November 15 th , The National Crittenton Foundation, Georgetown Law Center on Poverty, Inequality & Public Policy, and Human Rights Project for Girls hosted a Trauma-Informed Policy and Practice for Disconnected Girls forum at Georgetown University Law Center. This event launched a new policy series entitled Voices and Visibility for Disconnected Girls: Responding to Trauma. The goal of this new series is to explore the importance of trauma-informed approaches to girls in school, the...
"Non-specialist health workers are beneficial in providing treatment for people with mental, neurological and substance-abuse (MNS) problems in developing countries – where there is often a lack of mental health professionals – according...
"Detailed information is kept on the Trauma and Dissociation Wiki . This project is based on the best academic sources available today. Updates to the wiki, relevant quotes, images and information are posted on the projects ...
"Some of man's best friends are playing an innovative role in the VA Palo Alto Men's Trauma Recovery Program as four-legged therapy for veterans finding their way through the darkness of post-traumatic stress disorder, thanks to Paws for Purple...
Abstract Objective: This preliminary study investigates the neural substrates of empathy-induced pain in multisomatoform pain patients “with vs. without” a history of sexual abuse during childhood. Methods: Using functional magnetic...
" I learned a lot about the meaning of community in Senegal, West Africa where I lived for a few years. One day while I was still learning to speak Mandinka, the language of my village, I asked “How do I say, I am going running (alone, by...
"A new, less confrontational approach to working with families on child neglect and abuse cases may help build stronger families and avoid expensive out-of-family placements in the long run. "But a preliminary report presented here Monday also...
"Sergeant Jackson’s story is not unique, but seems uncommon given the current narrative regarding veterans, war, and mental injury. However, according to a report by the Chicago Tribune, at one veterans’ treatment facility in Chicago,...
"The sex trafficking of minors -- forcing young children to have sex for money -- is a huge, violent business around the world. Here in Los Angeles County alone, the number of pre-teens and teens forced into prostitution is in the ...