Hypertensive patients with post-traumatic stress disorder missed significantly more doses of their blood pressure drugs than patients without PTSD, researchers found. In a small study, 68% of hypertensive patients with positive screening results for...
Black males who lived with both parents at some point as children -- versus those who didn't -- had lower average blood pressure levels in adulthood, a cross-sectional study showed. Growing up in a two-parent household was associated with...
This is a blog post recently shared on my blog speak4change.com The hardest thing about healing from childhood sexual trauma is to accept that we were abused. When we finally tell our story to a trusted friend, in a support group, or a...
In the American Prospect, Kat Aaron writes a mesmerizing story about Detroit's 36th District Court. It's a case study in a system that is definitely not trauma-informed. Well worth a read. A few years ago, I saw a man try to fight a...
Individuals with obesity-related conditions which may be treated with exercise would be given free access to state parks provided they have a physician’s prescription under legislation introduced by Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce. The bill,...
Metabolically healthy obese people have a long-term increased risk for death and cardiovascular events compared with their normal-weight counterparts, suggesting there is no such thing as benign obesity, according to a meta-analysis. When studies with...
[Arizona] Governor Jan Brewer has assembled an independent team to oversee the inquiry into more than 6,000 child abuse and neglect reports that were not investigated and to examine the child-protective agency’s personnel and procedures. ...Dana Naimark, president and CEO of the Children’s Action Alliance, called Brewer’s move “ an excellent first step.” The alliance is among the groups that have been urging Brewer to create an independent look at CPS. But she...
This December 5th, join Creating Community Solutions in a nationwide discussion on mental health….via your cell phone! All over the country, on the same day, people will get together in small groups for one-hour discussions on mental health....
...from our perspective, we succeeded in identifying and establishing communication among the more ardent DSM skeptics in the U.S. and Europe. Largely via social media, this cohort succeeded in reaching out to thousands more and was at the core of the...
Many different therapies are available for those who experience childhood trauma, but University of Saskatchewan psychology professor Jorden Cummings is working towards developing services focusing on the parents and strengthening the entire family....
This New Yorker article, by Rachel Aviv, about how a woman loses her child through a traditional child welfare system in Orange County, CA, is a gripping read. Would this situation have turned out differently if the system had the ability to...
....Marie's story is a good example. Marie (not her real name), who was 18 years old and on the verge of graduating from high school, had been a peer leader with the HOPE Coalition since her freshman year of high school. The HOPE Coalition is a...
A school worker’s report to Clark County’s child abuse hotline about 7-year-old Roderick “RJ” Arrington Jr. was one of more than 35,000 such calls handled in 2012. ...An employee at RJ’s school called the hotline,...