"The United Way of Thurston County annual fund drive is underway. The giving campaign deserves widespread support to improve the overall health of the community. "Last year, United Way achieved its stated goal and then some as approximately 4,000...
"The Summit was opened by former Supreme Court Justice Evelyn Stratton, who left the court last year so that she could devote more time to her passion of helping people with mental illness and addiction involved in court systems gain access to...
"More than two dozen Helena community leaders gathered on Thursday to look for ways they can work together to address an array of problems linked to childhood trauma. "The community wide meeting led by Youth Connections served as an exercise in...
"Homelessness is defined as not having a regular permanent residence . This doesn’t necessarily mean living in the streets or in their vehicles – though many do. A large portion of homeless split their times...
Abstract Research on the association between adverse childhood events (ACEs) and depression among women in Hawaii is scarce. ACEs have been linked to unfavorable health behaviors such as smoking and binge drinking which are more prevalent in the state...
"A new study from the University of Toronto Scarborough shows that people who are aware of and their own thoughts and emotions are less affected by positive feedback from others.... "These findings suggest that mindful individuals may be less affected...
"Figuring out ways not just to survive, but thrive, amid trauma and adversity is a fashionable theme right now in wellness books. In just the past few months, two titles have come out on the subject—Mark Epstein’s The Trauma of Everyday...
Abstract Early origins of adult disease may be defined as adversity or challenges during early life that alter physiological responses and prime the organism to chronic disease in adult life. Adverse childhood experiences or early life stress (ELS)...
"Babies' brains grow and develop as they interact with their environment and learn how to function within it. When babies' cries bring food or comfort, they are strengthening the neuronal pathways that help them learn how to get their needs met, both...
Those who grew up poor later had impaired brain function as adults—a disadvantage researchers could literally see in the activity of the amygdala and prefrontal cortex on an fMRI scan. Children who were poor at age 9 had greater activity in the...
"It was once thought that each cell in a person's body possesses the same DNA code and that the particular way the genome is read imparts cell function and defines the individual. For many cell types in our bodies, however, that is an...
From Chapter 2 of "Don’t Try This at Home- The Silent Epidemic of Attachment Disorder How I accidentally regressed myself back to infancy and healed it all" at AttachmentDisorderHealing.com/book/ Last week my second therapist Dr. Rita was...
"Professional educators know that many students face challenges in their personal lives that adversely affect their learning in school. Unfortunately, many children have been traumatized by directly or vicariously experiencing violence, homelessness,...
"Researchers at the New York University College of Nursing (NYUCN), the University of Miami, and the Lionheart Foundation in Boston, found that mindfulness training, a meditation-based therapy, can improve attention skills in incarcerated youth,...